Managed Care Resources, Inc. Newsletter

June 2001 Volume 1, Issue 1

Ira founded Managed Care Resources in 1995 to help organizations solve their ever-growing managed care issues. He brings a wealth of practical managed care experience to every client situation. But he has more than just managed care experience.

For eight years, Ira was Vice President for the Humana Health Care Plans in Illinois, a 600,000 member mixed model HMO. In that position, he was responsible for site development, inter-governmental relations and regulatory oversight, development of the corporate infrastructure to support growth, and the negotiation of large group agreements, and the ancillary provider contracting system. He expanded the provider network from 5 hospitals to 75, and from 100 contracted physicians to over 5,000 contracted physicians and group practices. He is an expert in all forms of provider reimbursement, including per diem arrangements, global capitation, and percent of premium arrangements, as well as packaged pricing for various medical procedures.

Ira also has many years of experience on the provider side of health care where he: Managed multi-specialty group practices with significant HMO enrollments.

Served as Chief Operating Office of a major Chicago hospital.

Managed the development of an institution-based integrated delivery system, linking together academic medical centers with community hospitals.

Organized primary care medical practices with an academic faculty practice plan to successfully contract with the major insurers under capitated arrangements.

Directed an 80,000 member provider-owned HMO through the development of "infrastructure built from scratch" to replace services operated by a third party insurance company.

Ira majored in Political Science at the University of Rhode Island, and received his Masters degree in Health Care Administration from George Washington University

Managed Care Resources, Inc. Newsletter June 2001 Volume 1, Issue 1
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