Kristen Richards

Kristen Richards is CVL's Vice President of Ambulatory Care. In this role, Kristen provides support, leadership, and expertise to CVL’s cardiac catheterization labs, ambulatory service centers (ASCs), and office-based labs (OBLs). Her extensive operational experience and value-based care (VBC) expertise will be invaluable assets to CVL’s partner practices.

Richards is uniquely qualified for this newly created executive role at CVL having spent the past 20 years working in healthcare, including her most recent role as VP of Cardiovascular Operations for Atlas Healthcare Partners. In this position, she was responsible for managing the operations and finances for Atlas’ cardiovascular ASCs, achieving significant cost savings and improving productivity. She also served as Senior Health Economics Manager at Philips Healthcare and Director of Cardiovascular Services at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, Ariz.

Richards holds a bachelor’s degree in respiratory therapy from Northern Arizona University and an MBA in healthcare administration from Grand Canyon University.