Katherine Flynn Henry, JD

Director

Katherine “Katie” Henry has been the chief administrative officer of Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) since June 2019. ARC is a dynamic, 350 provider multispecialty group that is physician owned and governed and provides health care to over 500,000 individuals in the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

Kate’s background includes the full range of leadership and executive roles required to orchestrate the growth and financial success of ARC. Her experience and deep knowledge of healthcare industry dynamics, her open and direct communication style, and confident leadership creates trust and loyalty among physicians and staff equally.

Her track record since arriving in Austin speaks for itself. ARC, unlike other community medical organizations, was able to continue its growth trajectory during and through the peak period of the COVID-19 epidemic. Her skillful leadership allowed ARC to successfully add 6 new facilities over a 24-month period while maintaining a strong bottom line performance. Kate provides strategic guidance and inspirational operational leadership as a key member of the executive team. She oversees Operations, Finance, Population Health, Information Technology, Marketing, Human Resources, Revenue Cycle, Real Estate and Compliance. Currently, Katie sits on the Board of Directors for ARC’s joint venture with agilon health, Connected Senior Care Advantage, and Seton Health Alliance, an Austin-based Ascension Hospital System MSSP ACO. 

Prior to joining ARC, Katie served as chief legal officer and chief compliance and patient Safety officer for Cornerstone Health Care, a large physician owned and led multispecialty medical group in North Carolina. Simultaneously, she was chief legal officer and chief compliance officer for CHESS, a population health company founded by Cornerstone Health Care in 2013. Cornerstone was the recipient of the AMGA Acclaim Award in 2015. When Cornerstone and CHESS were acquired by Wake Forest Baptist Health in 2016, Katie continued on in her role with CHESS while simultaneously serving as the chief administrative officer for the Wake Forest Health Network, with responsibilities for all non-faculty ambulatory clinics.

Katie began her career in healthcare as a litigator in private practice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she focused her practice on defending physicians in medical negligence cases and matters pending before the North Carolina Medical Board. Katie earned her Juris Doctorate at Wake Forest University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.