Terry McInnis

GlaxoSmithKline (tamcinnis@bluethorninc.com)

Terry McInnis, MD, MPH, FACOEM, is the President of Blue Thorn Inc., consulting with Medication Management Systems.  McInnis has presented nationally on the concepts of primary care delivery system redesign, payer reimbursement strategies, and quality initiatives that reduce health care costs and improve patient outcomes. She has or continues to serve on numerous committees for organizations such as the National Business Group on Health, U.S. Chamber, Pharmacy Quality Alliance, and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She is actively involved with health policy and advocacy at the state and federal government levels in emerging payment systems.

McInnis has more than 20 years of senior executive and clinical experience in various employer, military and hospital/group practice health management segments. Prior to becoming President of Blue Thorn Inc., she was an associate medical director and health care manager with General Electric, and later the corporate medical director for Michelin North America where she helped engineer the redesign of health care benefits for nearly 50,000 beneficiaries. McInnis was then a medical director for health policy and advocacy with GlaxoSmithKline.

McInnis graduated from Erskine College with a bachelor’s degree and earned her medical degree from Wake Forest Medical School. She completed a residency in occupational medicine as an OPSF scholar, and a master’s degree in public health at the University of Oklahoma.   She is board certified in preventive and occupational medicine, and a fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She serves on the board of trustees of the Thornwell Home for Children.