Leadership Team

Luke Harris serves as Executive Director of Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Children’s Mercy Kansas City. CMICS leads the organization’s population health management strategy and oversees both Children’s Mercy Health Network (CMHN) and Pediatric Care Network (PCN). Through these organizations, CMICS develops and manages integrated pediatric provider networks that advance the health and well-being of children through high-value, coordinated, and whole-person care.

Luke is also responsible for oversight of Children’s Mercy’s contractual relationships with third-party payers, including commercial insurers and government agencies, as well as its affiliated primary care network. These affiliated practices, known as Children’s Mercy Affiliated Practices (CMAPs), are community-based pediatric practices that partner with Children’s Mercy through formal affiliation agreements.

Since joining Children’s Mercy in 2014, Luke has held several operational leadership positions, most recently serving as Senior Director of Operations and Population Health Management. He brings more than 20 years of experience in healthcare operations, strategy, population health, and information technology.

Prior to joining CMICS, Luke served as Director of Business Intelligence for Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin, one of the nation’s first clinically integrated accountable care networks. The network included five health systems, an academic medical center, and more than 100 independent physician practices. In this role, he led the implementation and optimization of population health management and care coordination technologies and analytics capabilities.

Luke earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laharris/

Doug Blowey, MD is the Medical Director for Integrated Care Solutions and Chief Clinical Integration Officer for Children’s Mercy. He provides medical leadership to ICS and health system-level leadership for Children’s Mercy’s clinical integration initiatives.

Doug is a Pediatric Nephrologist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology who has been on the faculty at Children’s Mercy Hospital for over 30 years. He received his medical degree from the University of Kansas and subsequent pediatric and fellowship training at Children’s Mercy and the Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario, Canada. He is board certified in Pediatric Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology. He remains clinically active in the Nephrology section, where he serves as the Director of the Hypertension program. During his tenure at Children’s Mercy, Doug has participated in numerous hospital committees and held key leadership roles. He has served as the fellowship director for the Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship program, Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee, and as the secretary/treasurer, president-elect, and president of the Medical staff.

Carey Spain is the Senior Director of Integrated Community Care. She is responsible for the oversight of delegated medical & behavioral management functions for health plans contracted with Children’s Mercy’s Pediatric Care Network. Carey also oversees community partnerships that aim to support children and families in reaching optimal health and wellbeing.

Carey is a masters prepared Social Worker and Accredited Case Manager with more than 20 years of experience in health care.

Matthew is the Director of Integrated Care for Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions. He is responsible for oversight of delegated health plan management functions including utilization management, case management, and disease management. Matthew also supports Children’s Mercy’s School Based Social Work Program in their work to utilize a strength’s based approach to address the needs of the community in the school setting.

Matthew joined Children’s Mercy in 2016 as a care manager for the Pediatric Care Network. Prior to employment at Children’s Mercy, Matthew worked for 6 years in both community and inpatient case management settings across the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Matthew has been an Accredited Case Manager since 2016 and obtained his Case Management Administrator Certification in 2019.

Kristy serves as the Director of Operations and Population Health Management for Children's Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS). She is responsible for leading network operations, population health management, quality improvement, clinical integration, and value-based care initiatives across Children's Mercy's clinically integrated networks. Since joining Children's Mercy in 2021, Kristy has worked closely with providers, health system leaders, payers, and community partners to improve health outcomes, strengthen network performance, and advance innovative models of pediatric care. Prior to Children's Mercy, she held healthcare strategy and consulting roles focused on strategic planning, physician alignment, governance, and operational improvement. Kristy holds a Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Abby is the Director of Medicaid Operations for Children's Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS). In this role, she leads Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) partnerships, advances innovative Medicaid programs and services, and oversees regulatory compliance and delegated function operations.

Since joining Children's Mercy in 2013, Abby has worked collaboratively with Medicaid health plan partners, providers, and health system stakeholders to strengthen program performance, ensure contractual and regulatory compliance, and support the successful delivery of services to Medicaid populations. She plays a key role in developing and implementing initiatives that improve care coordination, operational effectiveness, and value-based partnerships.

Abby holds a Master of Healthcare Management from Colorado Technical University.