About Us
Our Team
The CarePayment team is committed to using our extensive healthcare and finance expertise to provide best-in-class solutions.
Ed Caldwell
President and CEO
Ed Caldwell joined CarePayment in 2015 as Chief Revenue Officer. Before joining CarePayment, Caldwell was senior vice president of sales and marketing for MediTract, a healthcare contract and document management solutions provider for one quarter of U.S. hospitals. He spent more than 20 years at Emdeon in senior sales management, business development and operations roles, including senior vice president of institutional provider solutions, where he was responsible for delivering revenue cycle management technology and service solutions to the provider market. Caldwell holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Alabama.
Sathish Kumar
Chief Information and Technology Officer
Before joining CarePayment, Sathish Kumar was SVP and CTO of Medalogix, a predictive data analytics company in the home health space. Sathish has been responsible for key strategic initiatives at Medalogix, Servpro, and Strasz and has delivered them on time and within budget. Sathish also has extensive application, data, security, and cloud architecture experience from larger corporations including Georgia Pacific, Warner Music Group, Macy's, and the Federal government. Sathish has a Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee. He is currently pursuing his M.S. in Cyber Security from Georgia Tech.
Brian J. McCarthy
SVP & General Counsel
Brian joined CarePayment after six years in management roles at healthcare companies backed by MedCare Investment Funds, a private family office. Most recently he was VP & General Counsel at OccuSystems, Inc., a holding company for third-party administrators managing occupational injuries. Brian began his career in the structured finance group at Guggenheim Partners in Chicago. He received a BBA in finance from the University of Notre Dame and a JD from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Brian Brown
Chief Revenue Officer
A 15-year sales and product expert exclusively focused in the healthcare patient financing space, Brian joined CarePayment after two years working for the private equity company who owned CarePayment. He is responsible for CarePayment’s revenue generation initiatives and procedures. He directly oversees a team of 5 that are responsible for creating direct and indirect partnerships with national and regional IDNs, academic medical centers and physician practices. Brian holds a Masters in Finance and a Bachelors of Science in Economics from Clark University.
Laura Aylward
Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
Laura has spent more than 20 years in b2b healthcare and consumer marketing and strategy. Prior to joining CarePayment, she spent four years as senior director of portfolio strategy and planning at Change Healthcare where she managed cross-functional teams to create strategic plans across the product and services portfolios. At CarePayment she is responsible for brand, performance and demand generation, and engagement marketing teams with a focus on omni-channel strategy and execution to increase acquisition of patient members into the CarePayment program. Laura holds a Bachelors of Arts in History from Louisiana State University