Leadership Team

John C. Rademacher possesses nearly two decades of experience in the healthcare industry, successfully deploying technology solutions and expanding professional services capabilities. Under Rademacher’s guidance, Option Care Health has become an innovative leader in home and alternate site infusion services, with best-in-class care and improved clinical outcomes leading to high patient satisfaction and cost efficiencies for all stakeholders.

Prior to his tenure at Option Care Health, Rademacher joined Option Care in 2015 when he was appointed Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development and execution of the strategic plan to significantly transform the company’s operating model through the investment in people, process, technology and facilities.  This initiative included reimagining and strengthening the practice of pharmacy, nursing, care management, logistics and revenue cycle management across a national platform and deploying the enabling technology.  After serving as interim CEO since August 2017, Rademacher was named CEO of Option Care in January 2018.

Rademacher held various executive-level positions at leading healthcare companies, including Cardinal Health where he served as President and General Manager for both the Ambulatory Care Division and the Nuclear and Pharmacy Services divisions.  He also acted as president of CareAllies and Chief Operating Officer for the CIGNA Behavioral Health business at Cigna Corporation, where he had responsibility for the development and delivery of care management and population health programs.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich., and a Master’s in Business Administration from Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.

Luke Whitworth brings broad healthcare and leadership experience to Option Care Health as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Option Care Health, he spent nearly fifteen years at Cardinal Health with a proven track record of accomplishment across Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Integration, Sales and General Management. He served as the finance executive to build a multi-billion dollar post-acute business across distribution, services, and technology.  He also had sales and general management responsibility for Home Healthcare Solutions and drove significant growth, customer acquisition, and efficiency.   

Luke joined Option Care Health in April 2018 as the Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management.  Under his leadership, significant improvements were driven in cash collections, bad debt rate, and productivity.  His most recent role was Senior Vice President, Patient Administration and Specialty Operations where he oversaw revenue cycle management, patient registration strategy, patient experience, contact management, and specialty operations. Luke has transformed culture and results through leadership development, engagement, technology, and analytics. Luke has served on the Executive team within Option Care Health as has been integral to strategy development, capability building, and execution.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from The Ohio State University as well as an MBA in General Management from the University of Michigan.

As Chief Medical Officer, Femi leads Option Care Health’s quality and clinical services team as well as the pharma and transformative value-based care strategies. He is also responsible for Naven Health and leveraging data analytics to define and improve clinical outcomes and ensure the highest quality of care is provided to our patients.

Femi is a respected M.D. with 25 years of experience as a health care provider specializing in internal medicine and hospital medicine. He has worked in close collaboration with hospitals, health systems, and payors to apply innovations in population health and care delivery systems to drive patient-centric goals and improved clinical outcomes.

As an experienced Chief Medical Officer, Femi has more than 17 years of executive leadership managing healthcare operations in large, matrixed, multi-site national organizations. Prior to joining Option Care Health, he served as CMO at Carelon and Sound Physicians. In addition, his multicultural background provides a global perspective and appreciation for unique health care challenges and opportunities around the world.

Femi earned his MBA from Duke University and his medical degree in internal medicine from the University of Ibadan in Oyo State, Nigeria.

Caroline is an experienced legal leader with over two decades of experience in building privacy, security, compliance and risk management programs. Prior to joining Option Care Health, Caroline was the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel – Privacy, Security and Digital and Chief Privacy Officer for Baxter International. Caroline was also previously Vice President, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance. She began her career in private practice at Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Caroline has her Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and her Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law.

Chris has more than 20 years of global healthcare experience in leadership and general management with a demonstrated history of advancing patient-centric healthcare solutions in provider services, medical devices, and pharma for both developed and emerging markets. At Option Care Health, Chris most recently led Naven Health, the Ambulatory Infusion Suite strategy and execution of over 160+ locations, and New Business Ventures. He also led the integration of the merger between Option Care Health and BioScrip in 2019.

Prior to Option Care Health, he spent nearly 12 years at Baxter International leading multiple global businesses and marketing organizations in renal care, which included living in Sweden as the Global Franchise Head for In-Center Hemodialysis following Baxter’s acquisition of Gambro. He began his career at Eli Lilly & Co.

Chris earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from DePauw University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mike Shapiro serves as Chief Financial Officer for Option Care Health. In this role, he leads all financial aspects of the company including reporting, planning, treasury and tax. Shapiro is also responsible for corporate development responsibilities, including all M&A activities.

Prior to joining Option Care in 2015, Shapiro served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Catamaran Corporation, a publicly-traded pharmacy benefits manager, and as Chief Financial Officer of Rexnord Corporation. Shapiro also spent fifteen years with Baxter International, holding multiple positions of increasing responsibility. He began his career with Deloitte.

Shapiro earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Miami University and a master’s degree from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (not licensed).

As the CISO of Option Care Health, Jill is responsible for securing our organization and its data through the integration of information security governance, education, process development, and technology in all facets of the enterprise. Prior to moving to the private sector, Jill had 20 years of experience working in and with the national security community of the Federal Government. She was also a Foreign Service Officer stationed in Bolivia and Russia and worked extensively throughout Eastern and Southern Africa.

In 2019, Jill was honored with the Chicago-area CISO of the Year award. She speaks nationally on a variety of security topics and was the co- editor of the first, second, and third editions of the ABA Cybersecurity Handbook: A Resource for Attorneys, Law Firms, and Business Professionals and edited the book National Security Law, Fifty Years of Transformation: An Anthology (2012).

Giving back to the community is a priority for Jill. She is a board member and Chair of the Finance Committee of Adelante Healthcare in Phoenix, Arizona. Previously, she led the security committee for her religious organization in Deerfield, Illinois.

Jill is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Cincinnati College of Law (JD), and the George Washington University College of Law (LL.M.).

As the Senior Vice President of Market Access and Contracting, Ashley is responsible for managing all aspects of Option Care Health’s relationship with health insurance providers, from engagement and contracting strategy to execution.

Ashley joined Option Care Health in 2022, bringing more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing leadership. She held roles of increasing responsibility in accounting, finance, account management, contracting and pricing, payer strategy, and marketing, both within the U.S. market and across the globe. Within UCB, and then AbbVie, Ashley led more than 8 product launches in immunology and epilepsy, ultimately leading the access strategy for the world’s largest immunology pipeline across 80+ markets.

Ashley has a Bachelor of Accounting from Kennesaw State University, an MBA from Kennesaw State University, and a Master of Health Economics from the University of York in England.

Eric Daugherty serves Option Care Health as Senior Vice President of Biopharma Relations and Programs and is responsible for product/program service line development and management across all biopharmaceutical manufacturers. This includes all procurement, distribution, supply chain, and biopharma service contracting.

Eric brings diverse pharmacy leadership experience to Option Care Health in the areas of product development, account management, pharmaceutical procurement, service contracting, and corporate strategy. Eric has been with the organization since 1997.

Prior to joining Option Care Health, Eric held leadership positions at Walgreens Co. in retail pharmacy operations, pharmacy benefit management, clinical and operational management, and corporate procurement and specialty distribution channels. Eric came to Option Care Health in 2015 as part of the management team that formed Option Care via the sale of Walgreens Infusion Services. He also played a key role in synergy realization in the merger with BioScrip in 2019 to form Option Care Health.

Eric holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Midwestern University (Chicago College of Pharmacy) and is a registered pharmacist in the state of Illinois.

Mike Bavaro serves Option Care Health as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer with over 20 years of human resource leadership experience.

 Prior to joining Option Care Health in 2016 Mike served as divisional Vice President at Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, TX, NM, MT & OK, a health insurance company with 22,000 employees where he was responsible for all talent acquisition and workforce strategies and served as the company’s interim Diversity and Inclusion Officer. He also served in senior HR roles at Career Education Corporation and United Airlines. Additionally, Mike is an active duty and reserve Navy veteran and is currently an Air Force Reserve Officer where he serves as the Equal Opportunity Officer for 1,500 military personnel at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana.

Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Thomas Edison State University as well as an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University.

Collin Smyser is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Option Care Health. Collin is an experienced legal leader with a proven track record of providing strategic legal support to public companies in rapidly evolving, highly regulated industries such as consumer products, retail, pharmaceuticals and technology.

Prior to joining Option Care Health, Collin was the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for Elanco Animal Health Incorporated and served as its chief corporate governance, securities and corporate transactions attorney. Collin was also previously Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, where he was responsible for directing and executing the legal strategy for the company’s $8 billion North American consumer business and oversaw the company’s Global IP and Global Supply Chain legal teams.

Collin also previously served as Vice President, Corporate Secretary at Walgreens Boots Alliance and held legal leadership roles at Allscripts and Motorola. He began his career in private practice at Allen & Overy LLP in London, England and at Winston & Strawn LLP in Chicago, Illinois.

Collin has his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of Southern California and his Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School.

As CIO of Option Care Health, Brett Michalak is responsible for all aspects of information technology ensuring alignment of technology initiatives and operations with the Company’s business goals and objectives.

Prior to joining Option Care, Michalak was the CIO for Tickets.com, a privately held subsidiary of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP, where he led the creation of the Provenue® software platform – a revolutionary event in the live entertainment ticketing industry. In this role, Michalak was responsible for the product development and technology organizations. Under his leadership, Tickets.com received the 2009 CIO 100 Award from CIO Magazine for creating business value through the effective and innovative use of technology.

Prior to Tickets.com, Michalak held a variety of leadership and technical sales positions in the Technology, Financial Services, and Distribution industries. He is a proven leader with 30 years of operating experience and has a record of success in key roles. Michalak is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and draws on his experience to lead teams to deliver outstanding results.