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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)]

Michael Palmateer
[Chief Executive Officer]

Stuart H. Altman PhD
[Board Vice Chairman]

James F. Gill Esq.
[Board Vice Chairman]

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

Karen Ignagni
[Executive Chairman]

Robert Brokaw
[Board Member]

Karen Davis
[Board Member]

Elaine Friedman
[Board Member]

Oliver Gray
[Board Member]

Sanjeanetta Harris
[Board Director]

Ronald Jones
[Board Member]

Carmelo Mallia
[HIP Board Member]

Janet Sutton
[Board Member]

Larry Liptak
[Managing Director]

George Hulse
[VP and Senior Advisor to the CEO]

Marc S. Wolfert
[Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Centralized Laboratory Services]

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

Daniel Knecht MD
[Chief Medical Officer]

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 J. Byrd
[Vice President for Investor Relations and Treasurer]

Arthur Byrd
[Chief Financial Executive]

Chris Chappelear
[Senior Actuary]

Michael D. Fullwood Esq
[EVP, CFO, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel]

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]

Williams G. Lewis
[Vice President for Facilities, Real Estate, and Corporate Services, Associate General Counsel]

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

Jill Stein
[Vice President]

Craig M. Willey Esq
[Vice President, Director of Taxation, and Assistant General Counsel]

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)]

Edward A. Lucy
[Senior Vice President for Delivery System Management and Strategy]

Pansy McRae
[Sr Director, Grievance & Appeals Department]

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

Vincent Scicchitano
[Senior Vice President for Product/Customer Management]

Leslie Strassberg FSA
[Senior Vice President for Underwriting and Actuarial Services and Cheif Actuary]

George B. Strumpf
[Government Relations]

Charlotte Thomas
[SVP - Commercial Product & Strategy]

Roslyn Yasser
[Senior Vice President for Product/Customer Management]

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Company News/Coverage:

EmblemHealth Diabetes Prevention Program Delivers Results

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Wins 2025 Stevie Awards for Innovation in Customer Service

EmblemHealth Champions Community Wellness in the New Year

EmblemHealth Appoints Dr. Daniel Knecht as its New Chief Medical Officer

EmblemHealth Helps New Yorkers Stay Healthy This Holiday Season

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

Olivia Frasca
[Former Senior Public Relations Specialist]

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

Michelle Lyddon
[Former Vice President - Communications]

Ilene Margolin
[Former SVP Public Affairs]

Michael McConnell
[Retired Director - Product Development & Management]

Benjamin R Nodar
[Former Assistant Director, Health Care Operations]

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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Query News -

Ann Marie Adamson-Serieux
[AVP - Community Engagement]

David Baum
[Vice President - Operations]

Fred Blickman
[Senior Vice President for Human Resources]

Sunny P. Chiu
[Vice President for Group Practice and Facility Oversight]

Seth Crawford MS
[Enterprise VP of Underwriting]

Dominic D'Adamo
[Senior Vice President for Finance and Corporate Controller]

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]

Philip Gandolfo
[Senior Vice President for Melville Operations]

James Greenidge
[Vice President for Florida Regional Operations]

Carol Huffman
[Vice President - Strategic Partnerships]

John A. Kennedy
[Vice President for Sales, Marketing, and Government Programs]

Tom Ko
[Managing Director of Data Center Operations]

Judy A. Kohn
[Vice President for Provider Relations]

Kim Lauersdorf
[Vice President - Marketing]

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]

Leonard H. Reich PhD
[Vice President for Behavioral Health]

Paul Schaeffer FSA
[Head of Financial Planning Analysis]

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

Jing Shui
[Senior Director - Clinical Informatics]

Terrylynn Smith
[Vice President for Human Resources]

Nena Tahil
[Senior Director - Enrollment & Operations]

Wanda M. Wareham
[Vice President for Goverment-Assisted Programs]

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)]

Pamela D'Agostino
[Assistant Director of Service Standards]

Jeanne Davin
[Director of Quality and Accreditation]

Felix De La Cruz
[Director, Participating Pharmacy Program]

Robert E. Diaz Esq
[Director Product Development]

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]

Jay Schoenfeld
[Director, Government Relations]

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]

Kenneth Wrzos
[Senior Director - Operational Excellence]

Fu-Yang Yuan
[Actuary]

Johnny Cobos
[Market Segment Manager]

Barbara M. Cumbo
[Maternal Child Case 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]

Elizabeth K. MacKenzie RN
[Managing Director Medicare Product]

John McKenna


Jessica Pelaez
[Marketing Operations Manager]

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

Roger Singh
[Community Engagement Specialist]

Kim Turner
[Quality Analyst]

Mary Servillo
[Production Assistant]

Jessica Forman Havas
[PR Agency Representative]

Chris Licata
[PR Agency Representative]

Cindy Lee Christensen
[Managing Director]

Anant Galande
[Senior Actuary]

George Gonzalez
[Director of Operations (GHI)]

Keith Hermitt
[Vendor Managment]

Susan Isaacs
[Director of Compliance]

Robin James
[Sales]

David Kisacky
[Analyst-Care Plannning (GHI)]

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

Peter J. Levin PhD
[Board Member]

Jacqueline Marie
[Assistant Director, Pharmacy Operations]

Paulett V Opoku
[High Risk OB Case Manager]

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

Roni Richter
[Assistant Director, Sales Prop., Marketing Comm.]