Provider Relations
The UI Health provider relations specialists represent UI Health to the physician community of the greater Chicago region. They provide information to referring physicians about UI Health’s clinical programs, assist with the patient referral process, solve patient access issues, and strengthen relationships with referring hospitals and clinics.
The provider relations specialists at UI Health look forward to assisting you with:
- Information about UI Health and its clinical services
- Referral assistance
- Coordination of physician outreach visits to physician offices
- Clinical trial information
- Assistance with ways to contact physicians on the medical staff
- Tours of UI Health facilities and site visits
If you would like more information or are interested in any of our services, please email provrelations@uic.edu.
Meet the Team
Adam Basak, Director, Provider Relations
abasak2@uic.edu
Under the direction of the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Business Development, Adam manages the provider outreach unit for the health system. His responsibilities include helping to form and oversee a new provider outreach committee structure. As director, Adam supervises a team of Provider Outreach Liaisons with considerable knowledge and experience, having served as a Provider Outreach Liaison himself before this appointment.
Adam brings a wealth of experience from previous roles at the UIC Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design, Cork Medical, LLC, and Kindred Healthcare. Adam is also an alumnus, having earned his Master of Healthcare Administration and Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and Psychology from UIC.
Brian Dempsey, Provider Outreach Liaison
bdempsey@uic.edu
Brian joined UI Health in 2009 and has nearly 20 years of healthcare management experience. Brian serves as the lead for all UI Health workers’ compensation accounts with employers and health insurers and provides support to UI Health’s breast cancer screening program. Brian also provides business development support to UI Health’s Urgent Care Clinic in Terminal 2 at O’Hare International Airport. Before his role within the OVPHA, Brian served as Director of Marketing & Operations for Insight Health Services, a national diagnostic imaging services corporation. Brian earned a bachelor's in business administration from Concordia University Wisconsin.
Melissa Johnson, Provider Outreach Liaison
mj81@uic.edu
elissa has assumed a portfolio of service lines and contacts. As part of a team of Provider Outreach Liaisons, Melissa is responsible for developing, maintaining, and growing relationships between UI Health and external health care providers. She will help develop and promote service line activities as well as identify and resolve barriers to provider satisfaction within UI Health. Fundamentally, the liaison works directly with customers and the patients we serve to assure their well-being and overall positive experience.
Melissa brings solid experience to her role, having previously worked with Ascension Illinois as Business Development Executive and Loyola University Medical Center as Physician Relations Consultant. She earned her Master of Science in Rehabilitation/Psychosocial Studies at the University of South Carolina and her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Francis Marion University.
