Sara Teppema

Sara Teppema has over 30 years of health care experience, working with providers, payers, employers and government entities.

Sara is a partner and senior consultant at Santa Barbara Actuaries, where she consults with health management/intervention organizations and provider risk-bearing entities for value-based care strategy and payment model design. Prior to consulting at SBA and her own independent consulting firm, she led the payment innovation design team at Health Care Service Corp.

Sara is also a member of the Society of Actuaries board of directors, where she serves on the SOA’s executive leadership team. She is past chair of the SOA’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, and she also chaired the SOA’s research executive committee and public health task force.