Board and Committees

STQN Board of Managers and Committees

Meet the men and women leading the way at St. Tammany Quality Network.

 

St. Tammany Quality Network is steered by a Board of Managers, as well as a Performance Management Committee, Network Operations Committee, and Finance and Contracting Committee. Together, they work to achieve the network’s primary objective of collaborating on patient-centric initiatives that enhance the quality and improve efficiency of healthcare delivery.


Below are the current members of all STQN board and committees.


Board of Managers

The seven-member STQN Board of Managers is charged with oversight of its committees. Its current members are:

 

L. Phillips Jenkins MD

L. Phillips Jenkins, MD
Chairman

David Cressy MD

David Cressy, MD

Robert Faucheux MD

Robert Faucheux, MD

Michael Hill MD

Michael Hill, MD



James Lacour MD

Jim Lacour, MD

Joshua LeBlanc

Joshua LeBlanc, MD, FAAP

Sunil Purohit MD

James Connolly, MD

Sunil Purohit MD

Sunil Purohit, MD




Performance Management Committee

Among the responsibilities of the 14-member STQN Performance Management Committee are:

 

  • Setting the STQN performance agenda of quality initiatives and benchmarks.
  • Working with representatives from each specialty to determine the performance measures for the specialty specific clinical programs.
  • Overseeing the methodology of performance measurement, reporting and improvement activities.
  • Establishing policy and procedures for education and remediation of physicians.
  • Monitoring physician utilization and cost.
  • Monitoring individual physicians and providing coaching and mentoring for STQN performance initiatives.
  • Developing care coordination plans for high-risk patients.

 

Performance Management Committee

Its current members are:

  • Michael Hill MD, Committee Chair
  • Pat Braly, M.D.
  • David Cressy, D.O.
  • Rachael Cresap, M.D.
  • Robert Faucheux, M.D.
  • Roch Hontas, M.D.
  • Joseph Landers, M.D.
  • Merrill Laurent, M.D., Co-Chairman
  • Matthew McClanahan, M.D.
  • Ralph Millet, M.D.
  • Catherine Pechon, M.D.
  • David Toups, M.D.
  • William Ellerbe, M.D.

  • Finance and Operations Committee

    Among the responsibilities of the STQN Finance and Operations Committee, who are compensated by STQN for their activities, are:

     

    • Responsible for joint contracting negotiations with payers.
    • Coordinates physician incentive distributions.
    • Organizational development of documents and contracts.
    • IT infrastructure development and support.
    • Physician participation development.
    • Management of in-network referral.

     

    Finance and Contracting Committee

    Its current members are:

  • James Lacour, M.D., Chairman
  • Joshua LeBlanc, M.D., Co-Chairman
  • Mohammad Almubaslat, M.D.
  • Victoria Blossman, D.O.
  • Chris Foret, M.D.
  • Jason Guillot, M.D.
  • McCall McDaniel, M.D.
  • Jigar Patel, M.D.
  • Roy Saguiguit, M.D.
  • Vicki Steen, M.D.
  • Elizabeth White, M.D.