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EmblemHealth, Inc.

Company Website:

http://www.emblemhealth.com

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Company Hierarchy

Subsidiary(s)/ Affiliate(s)

Business Focus:

Health Insurance Plan (HIP)

HIP: Administrative Services Business

HIP: Specialty - Behavioral Health

HIP: Specialty - Dental

HIP: Specialty - Vision

HIP: Consumer-Directed Health Plan (CDHP)

HIP: Heatlh Savings Account (HSA - CDHP)

HIP: HMO

HIP: Medicaid Health Plan

HIP: Medicare Advantage Plan

HIP: Point-of-Service (POS)

HIP: Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)

Company Description:

For over seventy years GHI and HIP have shared a commitment to providing broad access to quality health care coverage. Our companies offer complimentary products, programs and networks.

Companies Include:

GHI
GHI HMO
HIP
ConnectiCare
PerfectHealth
Vytra Health Plans
Health Insurance Plan Administrators

Company Ownership:

GHI and HIP announced their intention to merge in 2005, and affiliation is a first step towards combining the two companies. With 5,400 employees, HIP and GHI together are now the largest health insurer based in New York State serving more than 4 million people with over 92,000 providers in 142,000 locations across the Tri-State region.

Company Contacts:

Media Contact(s)

Harris Brandt

[Lead PR and Corporate Communications Specialist]

Jane McCord

[Managing Director]

Tara Schuh

[Lead Public Relations Specialist]

John McKenna

Company Officials:

Frank J. Branchini
[CEO and Vice Chairman (GHI)]

Karen Ignagni
[President and CEO]

Stuart H. Altman PhD
[Board Vice Chairman]

James F. Gill Esq.
[Board Vice Chairman]

James F. Gill Esq.
[Board Chairman (GHI)]

Sanjeanetta Harris
[Board Director]

Janet Sutton
[Board Member]

Michael Palmateer
[President - Health Plans]

George Hulse
[VP and Senior Advisor to the CEO]

Lama El Zein MD, MHA
[Senior Medical Director of Population Health, and Clinician Engagement]

Maria C. Martins-Lopes MD
[Chief Medical Officer (GHI)]

Edward Anselm MD
[Health Plan Medical Director]

Diane Ashton
[Medical Director]

Abdou Bah
[Chief Health Equity Officer]

Andrew J. Colby RPh
[VP - Enterprise Pharmacy Solutions]

Deborah Kahler
[Senior Director - Medical Management Operations]

Paul G. Lakomski RPh, MBA
[Director Pharmacy Sales & Operations]

Araksi H. Sarafian
[Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer (GHI)]

Arthur Byrd
[Chief Financial Executive]

Chris Chappelear
[Senior Actuary]

Heather Tamborino
[Chief Financial Officer]

Manoj Jacob
[Chief Architect – Head of Enterprise Architecture, Strategy & Planning]

Jim Karagiorgis
[Managing Director - Business Transformation]

Sam Wollner
[VP - Strategy & Partnerships]

George Babitsch
[SVP, Sales and Account Management (GHI)]

Jeffrey D. Chansler
[Senior Vice President and General Counsel (GHI)]

Susan W. Lawlor
[Assistant General Counsel]

William Mastro
[Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary (GHI)]

Jill Stein
[Vice President]

Marilyn DeQuatro
[SVP, Service (GHI)]

Jane C. Florek CPA
[SVP, Network Management (GHI)]

Carl A. Lund
[Vice President - Value-Based Arrangements]

Melissa Vellon
[VP - Provider Performance and Reimbursement Strategy]

Eric Wallace
[SVP - Provider Network and Population Health]

Thomas MacMillan
[Chief Information Officer]

Tom McDermott
[Vice President - Technology / CISO]

Donna Hughes
[Chief People Officer]

Steven Kessler
[SVP, Actuarial and Underwriting (GHI)]

Bill Voigt
[Chief Human Resources Officer]

Michael S. Costa
[SVP - Provider Network & Population Health]

David Henderson
[SVP, Sales & Marketing/CMO (GHI)]

Pansy McRae
[Sr Director, Grievance & Appeals Department]

Andrew S. Rein
[Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development]

George B. Strumpf
[Government Relations]

Charlotte Thomas
[SVP - Commercial Product & Strategy]

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Company News/Coverage:

Vitality Acquires WellSpark to Enhance Integrated Coaching Capabilities

Becker's Hospital Review Names EmblemHealth's CEO Karen Ignagni to "Women in Health IT to Know" List

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Provides New Mental Health Resources

EmblemHealth Recognized Amongst America's Best Employers for Diversity

SimpliFed Works with EmblemHealth to Support New Parents

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Frank J. Branchini
[Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (GHI)]

Olivia Frasca
[Former Senior Public Relations Specialist]

Ilene Margolin
[Former SVP Public Affairs]

Michael McConnell
[Retired Director - Product Development & Management]

Michelle Paige
[Former Director of Community Relations]

Ralph Pisano RPh, FAHIP
[Former Senior Director - Pharmacy Services]

Maro Titus
[Former Director, M+C Sales and Marketing (GHI)]

Pedro J. Villalba
[Retired SVP IT & Chief Technology Officer]

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Ann Marie Adamson-Serieux
[AVP - Community Engagement]

David Baum
[Vice President - Operations]

Jose Diaz
[Vice President, Membership (GHI)]

Mariann Drohan
[Vice President, Human Resources (GHI)]

Justin Fiedler
[Vice President, Sales/Marketing (GHI)]

Carolyn Gainey-Ballard
[Senior Director]

Carol Huffman
[Vice President - Strategic Partnerships]

Kim Lauersdorf
[Vice President - Marketing]

Dennis B. Liotta MD, MBA
[Vice President, COO EmblemHealth Administrators]

Michelle Lyddon
[Vice President - Communications]

Larry Minard
[Managing Director of MA/FHPlus]

Melanie Moore
[AVP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]

Peter Moore
[Vice President, Medicare (GHI)]

Chet Moskal
[Vice President of Claims (GHI)]

Thomas Pellegrino
[AVP]

Michele Powers
[Vice President of Operations]

Jaqueline Prince-Espinosa
[AVP - Medicaid Product Strategy]

Paul Schaeffer FSA
[Head of Financial Planning Analysis]

Sharon Schmerzler MBA MS
[VP, Data Analysis (GHI)]

Jing Shui
[Senior Director - Clinical Informatics]

Nena Tahil
[Senior Director - Enrollment & Operations]

Alisa Weinberger
[AVP - Customer Experience]

Annie Wu
[AVP - Marketplace Sales]

Joseph Zeitlin
[Vice President, Clinical Utilization]

Syed Ali
[Director - Strategy Implementation]

Imtiaz Ahmed Alur Mohammad
[Senior Director, Strategic Application Delivery]

Andrea Andruk
[Director, E-Business Strategy (GHI)]

Dylan Ascolese
[Senior Actuary]

Michael Baker
[Director of Risk Adjustment]

Adele Balboni
[Director Total Rewards and Wellness]

Esmeralda Braganca
[Quality Management]

Harris Brandt
[Lead PR and Corporate Communications Specialist]

Nicole Browne-Jones
[Director - Operations Quality and Learning]

Carlye Burd
[Senior Health Care Reform Planning Analyst]

Michael Byrne
[Quality Improvement Specialist]

Heidi Castano-Russo
[Director]

Sharon Cebulski
[Assistant Director, Dental Management]

Ashlie Corbett MS
[Quality Management]

Eileen Counihan
[Director, General Purchasing, Receiving and Special Projects (GHI)]

Jeanne Davin
[Director of Quality and Accreditation]

Felix De La Cruz
[Director, Participating Pharmacy Program]

David Flemister
[Director of Community Marketing]

Keith George MBA, PMP, CSM, CSPO
[Director of Digital Strategy and Marketing Technology]

Alex Gomez
[Director - Public Relations]

Sherrie Graddic
[Supervisor Sales]

Kathy Graf
[Senior Director]

Michele Granger
[Supervisor - Medical Management Clinical Compliance Audit Department]

Tamiko Guthrie
[Pre Diabetes Lifestyle Coach]

Cynthia Helfman
[Accreditation Supervisor]

June Hutchinson
[Director, Medicaid Enrollment & Reconciliation]

Gregory Johnson
[Director of Community Outreach]

Lila Kim
[Director, Health Care Reform]

Andrew Kolbasovsky
[Director - Provider Group Clinical Management]

Clare Krusing
[Corporate Communications]

Heather Lacy
[Director, Customer Service]

Stewart Lavelle
[Business Consultant]

Joseph Lurin
[Director - Corporate Compliance]

H. Carl McCall
[Consultant - Government Relations]

Bill McCann
[Director of Provider Communications]

Michael McConnell
[Director Product Development (GHI)]

Jane McCord
[Managing Director]

Lisa McDermott
[Chief Operating Officer]

Nathan Morin PMP
[Director - Business Process Improvement]

Steve Osborne
[Director, Media Relations]

Terri Prestage-White
[Director - Claims]

Joseph Presto
[Medical Director, Medicare Division (GHI)]

Tamara Price
[Director of Grievance and Appeal]

Olivia Pryce
[Community Engagement Lead]

Nazneen Rahman
[Director, Neighborhood Care]

Cortney Resto
[Director]

Tara Schuh
[Lead Public Relations Specialist]

Joseph Shen
[Senior Director]

Eleanor Sorrentino
[Managing Director - Quality Management]

Richard Tanner
[Senior Director, E-Business Operations (GHI)]

Crystal Taylor-Potts
[Director of Recruitment (GHI)]

Crystal Taylor-Potts
[Director of Recruitment]

Anne Travisano
[Senior Director - Medical Management]

Raymond Vacca
[Managing Director, Office of the CEO]

Felix Vizcaino
[Director Network Operations, Prepayment & Contract Review (GHI)]

Kathy Walsh
[Director, Health Care Operations]

Michael Woloz
[ (GHI)]

Kenneth Wrzos
[Senior Director - Operational Excellence]

Fu-Yang Yuan
[Actuary]

Johnny Cobos
[Market Segment Manager]

Ravi Devarakonda
[Sr. Project Manager]

Ravi Devarakonda
[Sr. Project Manager]

Jeffrey L. Goodwin
[Liaison, Government Relations]

John Grochowski
[Program Manager]

Orlando Hayle
[Manager, Data Reporting (GHI)]

Courtney Jay
[Internal Communications and Special Projects Manager]

Kimberly Kann
[Senior Director, Public Relations and Corporate Communications - ConnectiCare]

Patricia Kidd Arlotta MPH


Kelly Lauturner
[Communications Specialist]

Luanne Lundy
[Manager - Specialized Operations]

John McKenna


Jessica Pelaez
[Marketing Operations Manager]

John W. Russo
[Manager - Process Quality - Operational Excellence]

Roger Singh
[Community Engagement Specialist]

Kim Turner
[Quality Analyst]

Jessica Forman Havas
[PR Agency Representative]

Chris Licata
[PR Agency Representative]

Nadine Woloshin
[PR Agency Representative]

George Gonzalez
[Director of Operations (GHI)]

Robin James
[Sales]

David Kisacky
[Analyst-Care Plannning (GHI)]

Stuart Lefkowich
[Vice President, Public Programs (GHI)]

Ingrid E. Pessa
[Assistant General Counsel (GHI)]