J.R. Garrett

J.R. Garrett is the Chief Legal & Risk Officer at AdhereHealth, a leading technology company specializing in medication adherence solutions for healthcare.

His role involves overseeing legal, security, compliance, privacy, and audit functions to ensure regulatory compliance in the healthcare sector.

AdhereHealth's proprietary technology platform, Adhere, aims to address the estimated $300 billion in unnecessary medical costs due to gaps in medication adherence, emphasizing social determinants of health and care barriers.

The Adhere solution suite facilitates improved value-based care outcomes through services like medication adherence, medication therapy management, and pharmacy delivery to homes, benefiting commercial populations and government programs like Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, Medicaid Pay for Performance, and Accountable Care Organizations.

With a decade of experience, J.R. Garrett prioritizes ensuring strict adherence to CMS, HHS, and state regulations within the organization.

His specialties include contract negotiation, compliance management and training, business development, mergers, acquisitions, security oversight, effective communication, team-building, operational management, privacy, negotiations, and strategic partnerships.

J.R. Garrett holds a Juris Doctorate in Corporate Law from the University of Arkansas School of Law, an MBA in Finance from Tennessee Technological University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Arkansas State University.

Before his current position, he served as General Counsel, VP Security & Compliance at AdhereHealth, General Counsel, VP of Business Development at LogoGarden.com Pty Ltd, and held roles in business development at edo Interactive, corporate extern at Walmart Headquarters, and legal clerk at The Bassett Law Firm.