# Melissa Peeler

> Founder, Chesamel Health | Fmr. Carelon VP & GM running $2B P&L Serving 27M Members, Digital Health Buyer

For most of my career, I was the one deciding whether to say yes to digital health, health tech, and health services companies.

As VP & GM of Musculoskeletal and Surgical at Carelon, I ran a $2B P&L serving 27 million members and evaluated 20+ companies as potential partners and acquisition targets. I saw which companies got through, which stalled in pilot purgatory, and why. I also led a venture-backed digital health partnership from pilot to preferred product status and ultimately secured a strategic investment in the company.

At Elevance Health, I advised senior leaders on network strategy, value-based care, and provider partnerships, contributing to initiatives that generated $1.7B in incremental health plan savings.

Earlier, at Boston Children's Hospital, I designed and developed a care coordination platform for complex-care patients that was ultimately deployed hospital-wide. At Cerner, I implemented clinical technology across 12 health systems, working directly with physicians, clinical leaders, and operational teams.

My experience has taught me this: getting in is only the beginning. The hard part is creating and proving the value to stay and scale.

Today, I'm building Chesamel Health, helping U.S. and international founders turn clinical promise into commercial traction, real revenue and impact.

You can book me on:
✔️ Finding and landing the right partnerships with payers, providers, and employers
 ✔️ Getting out of pilot purgatory and scaling
 ✔️ Building a value story buyers believe
 ✔️ Designing pilots for scale
 ✔️ U.S. market entry for international teams

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## Offerings

- Video call (15 min): $250.00

## Example Questions

- What is a healthcare buyer really evaluating when they decide whether to partner with us?
- Why isn't our pilot scaling, and what will it take to get out of pilot purgatory?
- Is our value story strong enough to get a payer, provider, or employer to say yes?
- How should we design our pilot so success creates a path to scale?
- As an international company entering the U.S., where should we play and who should we partner with?

## Links

- [Expert profile](/melissapeeler)
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- [Marketplace](/marketplace)