Jake Velie, CPT, is Founder, Chairman and CEO of National Integrative Health, as well as the Vice Chairman and President of the Health and Voluntary Benefits Association. With over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Jake began his career on the provider side as a clinical improvement consultant in value-based care to organizations such as Kaiser, Geisinger, and Intermountain Healthcare.

In 2013, he transitioned to the commercial side of healthcare with the founding of National Integrative Health (NIH), driven by a desire to make a meaningful impact on the industry.

National Integrative Health (NIH) offers a fiduciary pharmacy purchasing program that significantly reduces the cost of high-cost, specialty, and infusion medications for plan sponsors. Their services include an actuarily certified savings model, nationwide 340B and infusion networks, GLP-1 and cell and gene therapy programs. NIH also provides seamless integration with PBMs, robust data processing and analytics, and customizable formularies with over 7,000 drugs, including Limited Distribution and Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs. NIH also provides comprehensive clinical and administrative support—including e-prescribing, clinical prior authorization, therapeutic equivalence, case management, clinical trials and patient assistance.

Through his consulting work, Jake focuses on delivering a comprehensive, fiduciary pharmacy purchasing program designed to significantly reduce the costs of high-priced medications.

Over the past two years, he has developed a 50-state 340B program and an in-home infusion network. Jake works directly with PBM’s, TPA’s, brokers and direct to employers.