MEET TED
Theodore (Ted) Giovanis, FHFMA, MBA, is President and Founder of the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy that conducts research in the health policy and clinical arenas. He was previously President of T. Giovanis & Company, LLC and TGC, LLC health policy and reimbursement consultancies, specializing in strategic reimbursement advice and advocacy on behalf of a wide variety of clients.
Ted’s work has included both the Medicare and Medicaid payment areas across a wide cross section of the different payment systems over the past 40 years in the health policy, reimbursement and advocacy arenas. Well-known in the industry, Ted is a recognized expert in Medicare and Medicaid regulation and regulatory processes, has been an expert witness in numerous court cases and was solely responsible for the identification and prosecution of the rural floor budget neutrality issue/litigation, which resulted in a multibillion-dollar settlement for hospitals nationally.
He has also served as a hospital system CFO, controller and internal auditor as well as in numerous other hospital management and reimbursement/payment positions. Earlier in his career, Ted was one of the original staff at the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission and was a designer of the GIR (Guaranteed Inpatient Revenue) and TPR (Total Patient Revenue) payment systems.
Ted also served as the Chairman of the Maryland Community Services Community Reimbursement Rate Commission, a gubernatorial appointment he was reappointed to by three different Governors with different political affiliations. Additionally, Ted is an accomplished professional sports car driver and team owner in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge.
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PIONEER
HEALTH STRATEGY EXPERT
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
SPORTSCAR RACING DRIVER
JOHNS HOPKINS GIOVANIS INSTITUTE FOR TRANSLATIONAL CELL BIOLOGY
Ted Giovanis is donating $35 million to help Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers find ways to stop the spread of cancer in the body, which leads to about two-thirds of cancer deaths.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine will study the biological roots of the most fatal aspect of cancer: how it metastasizes, or spreads, through the body.
The contribution, a 15-year commitment, will establish the Giovanis Institute for Translational Cell Biology, dedicated to studying metastasis. The institute’s researchers aim to make discoveries that reveal common features of metastasis across cancer types, with the potential to develop new therapies.
Funding innovative medical research, data analysis, events, and other projects, the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy serves as an honest, independent broker of ideas and actions designed to advance both health care and health policy.
The JKTG Foundation’s work is rooted in an equally simple questions: Why are things done a certain way? This relentless curiosity drives every aspect of what the Foundation does.
CHAMPIONSHIP CHASER
Team TGM is a championship-winning race team that competes in major North American road racing series, including the Michelin Pilot Challenge.
Ted Giovanis not only founded the team, but he is also one of the four drivers that compete aboard the team’s Aston Martin Vantage GT4 machines. Age is no barrier – despite being in his late 70s – Giovanis is still collecting trophies.
The team's #DrivingResearch campaign also showcases the efforts and programs of the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy – JKTG – aims to change health care for the better.
