Health Plan Strategies for Boosting Medicare Star Ratings

Speakers

STEPHEN WOOD is a senior vice president at OptumInsight, where he leads the Government Programs Management and Strategy practice. His work in senior markets dates to the mid-1980s when he worked with hospitals to implement DRG payments by Medicare. Since that time, he has worked with organizations to review and develop strategies, conduct new product feasibility assessments, improve performance and implement new programs. Mr. Wood has over 25 years of experience in managed care, governmental programs, senior markets and strategic consulting in the health insurance industry. A frequent speaker and author, he was selected as one of the Top 25 Consultants of 2009 by Consulting Magazine. Mr. Wood graduated from the University of Chicago and holds a master’s degree from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.

DANIEL WEINRIEB is manager of clinical relationships at HealthNow New York, Inc., doing business as BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and BlueShield of Northeastern New York. He is currently responsible for leading the organization’s Medicare Advantage STAR Quality Improvement Project and manages the company’s efforts to encourage provider and member engagement to drive quality of care and service to all HealthNow beneficiaries. Mr. Weinrieb received his undergraduate degree from Clarkson University. He is studying for an MBA degree from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Mr. Weinrieb began his career in health care in 2005, when he started the Medical and Healthcare Division for StraussGroup, Inc., a division of Management Recruiters International, a global executive search firm. He spent the next three years developing business and recruiting C-level clinical and non-clinical executives for health care organizations and medical device companies around the world. Mr. Weinrieb then moved onto the health insurance industry where he has specialized in physician and member engagement since 2008 with a primary focus on the Medicare population and improving the quality of care and service to Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries across New York state.

Moderator: Jill Brown, executive editor of AIS

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