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Quality and Clinical

This committee develops, implements and advises on a regional performance measurement program to support pay-for-performance, public reporting and other quality improvement initiatives of THINC across the Hudson Valley.

 

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS      

• Gloria T. Bouvier, Network Manager, Aetna Inc.
• Andrew (Skip) Casano, MD, Medical Director, United Healthcare-Empire Plan

• Robert Cawley, Quality Improvement NCQA Program Manager, MVP Health Care

• Deborah Chambers, Director of Quality Improvement, MVP Health Care
• Sanford Cohen, MD, CMO, United Healthcare-Northeast Region

• Stephen Cohen, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs, MVP Health Care

• Barbara J. Davis, Senior Vice President, Business Operations and Strategy, United Healthcare
• Francois De Brantes, CEO, Bridges To Excellence
• Mary Donnelly, Quality Manager, New York American College of Physicians

• Lindsay Farrell, President and CEO, Open Door Family Medical Centers

• Lawrence L. Faltz, MD, FACP, Sr. Vice President for Medical Affairs /Medical Director, Phelps Memorial Hospital
• J. Keith Festa, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs, Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers
• Michael D. Freedman, MD
• Foster Gesten, MD, Medical Director, New York State Department of Health
• Renee Golderman, Quality Director, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan
• Paul Grundy, MD, Director of Healthcare Transformation, IBM
• David Hassoun, Senior Project Manager, United Healthcare-Empire Plan
• Betty Jessup, RN, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Crystal Run Healthcare
• Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH, Division Chief, Quality and Clinical Informatics, Weill Cornell Medical College
• Paul Kaye, MD, Vice President for Practice Transformation, Hudson River Community Healthcare
• Lisa M. Kern, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
• Karen Kmetik, PhD, Director, Quality Improvement, American Medical Association
• Margaret Leonard, MS, RN-BC, FNP, Senior Vice President Clinical Services, Hudson Health Plan
• Imtiaz Mallick, MD, President, Dutchess Medical Society
• Nancy Murphy, Clinical Reporting Coordinator, MVP Health Care
• Bruce Nash, MD, Medical Director, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan
• Barney Newman, MD, Medical Director, Westchester Medical Group
• Cliff Omstrom, Executive Director, United Healthcare-Empire Plan
• Gary Reiks, National Manager, United Healthcare
• Lisa Sasko, Director of Clinical Transformation, CDPHP
• Jesse Singer, DO, Director of Quality Informatics, New York City Department of Health
• Kathy Schwab, Market Manager, United Healthcare
• Alan Silver, MD, Medical Officer, IPRO
• Randy Solomon, United Healthcare-Empire Plan
• Gregory A. Spencer, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Crystal Run Healthcare,
• Janet (Jessie) Sullivan, MD, CMO, Hudson Health Plan
• Ronald J. Tatelbaum, MD, CMO, HealthQuest
• Philip Thomas, Program Manager, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cliff Waldman, MD, Senior Medical Director, CDPHP
• Chyna Wilcoxson, American Medical Association

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