Eric Gallagher serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Ochsner Health Network (OHN), a nationally recognized clinically integrated physician network and accountable care organization comprised of over 4,000 physicians across the Gulf South region, serving Ochsner Health and affiliated physician practices.
In this role, Eric is responsible for developing and managing the strategic vision for OHN as well as leading operations for population health services delivered to OHN participants.
Eric has been instrumental to Ochsner’s value-based care strategy since 2016, driving OHN’s growth and development across Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama, now managing over 600,000 lives in value-based agreements and being recognized nationally as a leader in VBC. In addition to Ochsner’s ACO being named to Becker’s “36 ACOs to Know” list, Eric was also recognized as one of Becker’s 2023 Rising Stars in Healthcare and a Top 50 Value-Based Care Thinkers of 2024 by Pearl Health.
Eric holds a B.S. from Vanderbilt University, an MBA from Tulane University, and is a graduate of the Managing Healthcare Delivery executive certificate program from Harvard Business School.
