Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Vice President, Clinical Consulting

Sarah is a Vice President, Clinical Consulting, in Segal's Austin office. She has over a decade of experience in nursing, specifically in behavioral health, healthcare informatics and health analytics. Sarah focuses on clinical audits, including behavioral health and the clinical portion of mental health parity audits, and designs leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics. She also works closely with Segal’s Health Analysis of Plan Experience (SHAPE) team in enhancing our clinical reports and data analytic capabilities.

Sarah's experience ranges from acute and non-acute settings to managed care. She began her career in inpatient psychiatric nursing, eventually transitioning to inpatient orthopedics, wound care and skilled nursing leadership. Most recently, she developed behavioral health and medical workflows for a regional health plan's Utilization Management team. With her background in clinical informatics, she has experience in coding and designing leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement in case management and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics.

Sarah received an MS in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in Nursing from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She is Board Certified in Informatics Nursing.

Sarah has co-authored several articles, including "5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions" and an article entitled “What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes” published in Benefits Quarterly (first quarter 2024). She also authored “As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress” and “Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office.”

Read insights from Sarah

  • May 29, 2024

    Make a Sound Investment in Supporting Mental Health

    Get our handy two-page overview on the importance of mental health coverage to improve participants’ health and help manage your costs.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate

    Read full insight

  • February 26, 2024

    What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes

    Get savvy to the role of mental health in improving interventions: 7 steps plan sponsors can take to proactively address risk and impact outcomes.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate, Mental Health

    Read full insight

  • April 24, 2023

    5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions

    Learn about a systematic strategy to help you make confident choices.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate, Architecture Engineering & Construction

    Read full insight

  • May 24, 2022

    As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress

    We share the top signs of employee stress — and steps employers can take to address it early.

    Topics covered: Mental Health, Corporate, Consulting Innovation, Health

    Read full insight

  • December 2, 2021

    Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office

    Address your workforce's concerns as they return to the office.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health

    Read full insight

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Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Vice President, Clinical Consulting

Sarah is a Vice President, Clinical Consulting, in Segal's Austin office. She has over a decade of experience in nursing, specifically in behavioral health, healthcare informatics and health analytics. Sarah focuses on clinical audits, including behavioral health and the clinical portion of mental health parity audits, and designs leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics. She also works closely with Segal’s Health Analysis of Plan Experience (SHAPE) team in enhancing our clinical reports and data analytic capabilities.

Sarah's experience ranges from acute and non-acute settings to managed care. She began her career in inpatient psychiatric nursing, eventually transitioning to inpatient orthopedics, wound care and skilled nursing leadership. Most recently, she developed behavioral health and medical workflows for a regional health plan's Utilization Management team. With her background in clinical informatics, she has experience in coding and designing leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement in case management and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics.

Sarah received an MS in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in Nursing from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She is Board Certified in Informatics Nursing.

Sarah has co-authored several articles, including "5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions" and an article entitled “What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes” published in Benefits Quarterly (first quarter 2024). She also authored “As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress” and “Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office.”

Read insights from Sarah

  • May 29, 2024

    Make a Sound Investment in Supporting Mental Health

    Get our handy two-page overview on the importance of mental health coverage to improve participants’ health and help manage your costs.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate

    Read full insight

  • February 26, 2024

    What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes

    Get savvy to the role of mental health in improving interventions: 7 steps plan sponsors can take to proactively address risk and impact outcomes.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate, Mental Health

    Read full insight

  • April 24, 2023

    5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions

    Learn about a systematic strategy to help you make confident choices.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate, Architecture Engineering & Construction

    Read full insight

  • May 24, 2022

    As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress

    We share the top signs of employee stress — and steps employers can take to address it early.

    Topics covered: Mental Health, Corporate, Consulting Innovation, Health

    Read full insight

  • December 2, 2021

    Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office

    Address your workforce's concerns as they return to the office.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health

    Read full insight

Contact Sarah

The information you provide will not be shared with anyone outside Segal.

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Vice President, Clinical Consulting

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Contact Sarah

The information you provide will not be shared with anyone outside Segal.

Sarah is a Vice President, Clinical Consulting, in Segal's Austin office. She has over a decade of experience in nursing, specifically in behavioral health, healthcare informatics and health analytics. Sarah focuses on clinical audits, including behavioral health and the clinical portion of mental health parity audits, and designs leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics. She also works closely with Segal’s Health Analysis of Plan Experience (SHAPE) team in enhancing our clinical reports and data analytic capabilities.

Sarah's experience ranges from acute and non-acute settings to managed care. She began her career in inpatient psychiatric nursing, eventually transitioning to inpatient orthopedics, wound care and skilled nursing leadership. Most recently, she developed behavioral health and medical workflows for a regional health plan's Utilization Management team. With her background in clinical informatics, she has experience in coding and designing leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement in case management and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics.

Sarah received an MS in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in Nursing from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She is Board Certified in Informatics Nursing.

Sarah has co-authored several articles, including "5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions" and an article entitled “What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes” published in Benefits Quarterly (first quarter 2024). She also authored “As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress” and “Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office.”

Read insights from Sarah

  • May 29, 2024

    Make a Sound Investment in Supporting Mental Health

    Get our handy two-page overview on the importance of mental health coverage to improve participants’ health and help manage your costs.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate

    Read full insight

  • February 26, 2024

    What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes

    Get savvy to the role of mental health in improving interventions: 7 steps plan sponsors can take to proactively address risk and impact outcomes.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate, Mental Health

    Read full insight

  • April 24, 2023

    5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions

    Learn about a systematic strategy to help you make confident choices.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate, Architecture Engineering & Construction

    Read full insight

  • May 24, 2022

    As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress

    We share the top signs of employee stress — and steps employers can take to address it early.

    Topics covered: Mental Health, Corporate, Consulting Innovation, Health

    Read full insight

  • December 2, 2021

    Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office

    Address your workforce's concerns as they return to the office.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health

    Read full insight

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Vice President, Clinical Consulting

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Contact Sarah

The information you provide will not be shared with anyone outside Segal.

Sarah is a Vice President, Clinical Consulting, in Segal's Austin office. She has over a decade of experience in nursing, specifically in behavioral health, healthcare informatics and health analytics. Sarah focuses on clinical audits, including behavioral health and the clinical portion of mental health parity audits, and designs leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics. She also works closely with Segal’s Health Analysis of Plan Experience (SHAPE) team in enhancing our clinical reports and data analytic capabilities.

Sarah's experience ranges from acute and non-acute settings to managed care. She began her career in inpatient psychiatric nursing, eventually transitioning to inpatient orthopedics, wound care and skilled nursing leadership. Most recently, she developed behavioral health and medical workflows for a regional health plan's Utilization Management team. With her background in clinical informatics, she has experience in coding and designing leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement in case management and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics.

Sarah received an MS in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in Nursing from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She is Board Certified in Informatics Nursing.

Sarah has co-authored several articles, including "5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions" and an article entitled “What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes” published in Benefits Quarterly (first quarter 2024). She also authored “As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress” and “Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office.”

Read insights from Sarah

  • May 29, 2024

    Make a Sound Investment in Supporting Mental Health

    Get our handy two-page overview on the importance of mental health coverage to improve participants’ health and help manage your costs.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate

    Read full insight

  • February 26, 2024

    What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes

    Get savvy to the role of mental health in improving interventions: 7 steps plan sponsors can take to proactively address risk and impact outcomes.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate, Mental Health

    Read full insight

  • April 24, 2023

    5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions

    Learn about a systematic strategy to help you make confident choices.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate, Architecture Engineering & Construction

    Read full insight

  • May 24, 2022

    As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress

    We share the top signs of employee stress — and steps employers can take to address it early.

    Topics covered: Mental Health, Corporate, Consulting Innovation, Health

    Read full insight

  • December 2, 2021

    Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office

    Address your workforce's concerns as they return to the office.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health

    Read full insight

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Sarah Gunderson, MSHI, RN, NI-BC

Vice President, Clinical Consulting

Contact Sarah

The information you provide will not be shared with anyone outside Segal.

Sarah is a Vice President, Clinical Consulting, in Segal's Austin office. She has over a decade of experience in nursing, specifically in behavioral health, healthcare informatics and health analytics. Sarah focuses on clinical audits, including behavioral health and the clinical portion of mental health parity audits, and designs leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics. She also works closely with Segal’s Health Analysis of Plan Experience (SHAPE) team in enhancing our clinical reports and data analytic capabilities.

Sarah's experience ranges from acute and non-acute settings to managed care. She began her career in inpatient psychiatric nursing, eventually transitioning to inpatient orthopedics, wound care and skilled nursing leadership. Most recently, she developed behavioral health and medical workflows for a regional health plan's Utilization Management team. With her background in clinical informatics, she has experience in coding and designing leadership dashboards to monitor population health, member engagement in case management and high-risk members identified through predictive analytics.

Sarah received an MS in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in Nursing from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She is Board Certified in Informatics Nursing.

Sarah has co-authored several articles, including "5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions" and an article entitled “What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes” published in Benefits Quarterly (first quarter 2024). She also authored “As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress” and “Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office.”

Read insights from Sarah

  • May 29, 2024

    Make a Sound Investment in Supporting Mental Health

    Get our handy two-page overview on the importance of mental health coverage to improve participants’ health and help manage your costs.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate

    Read full insight

  • February 26, 2024

    What We Get Wrong About Predicting Mental Health Outcomes

    Get savvy to the role of mental health in improving interventions: 7 steps plan sponsors can take to proactively address risk and impact outcomes.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate, Mental Health

    Read full insight

  • April 24, 2023

    5 Key Considerations for Behavioral Health Solutions

    Learn about a systematic strategy to help you make confident choices.

    Topics covered: Health, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Corporate, Architecture Engineering & Construction

    Read full insight

  • May 24, 2022

    As Employees Return to the Office, Prepare to Address Stress

    We share the top signs of employee stress — and steps employers can take to address it early.

    Topics covered: Mental Health, Corporate, Consulting Innovation, Health

    Read full insight

  • December 2, 2021

    Five Ways to Address Anxiety About Returning to the Office

    Address your workforce's concerns as they return to the office.

    Topics covered: Health, Mental Health

    Read full insight