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L.A. Care's leadership is dedicated to serving our
members and working with our health plan partners to ensure that members
receive quality care in culturally sensitive settings.
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Howard A. Kahn, Chief Executive
Officer
Howard A. Kahn is Chief Executive Officer of
L.A. Care Health Plan, a position he has held since
2001. In his position as CEO, Mr. Kahn leads a coalition of
over 50 community organizations that have joined together to create the Children’s
Health Initiative of Greater Los Angeles, an effort to provide
health insurance to every low-income child in Los Angeles County.
Launched in June 2004, the Initiative has successfully raised nearly $100 million
through a public/private partnership, and is actively enrolling children in health coverage
programs. Mr. Kahn has also actively led efforts by
L.A. Care to reinvest millions of dollars into the community,
with a special emphasis on strengthening the Safety
Net.
Mr. Kahn has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare,
leading for-profit and non-profit organizations, with an emphasis on
serving diverse and vulnerable populations. He served as
Senior Vice President for Latin America and Global Health at CIGNA
International, where he was responsible for managing the overall
implementation of CIGNA’s programs and strategies in targeted
markets. Mr. Kahn has also served in several capacities at
Aetna, notably as a Vice President responsible for the company’s
global health business, and as Vice President and General Manager
for Aetna’s nationwide governmental managed care and managed health
operations.
Mr. Kahn was Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of
The California Wellness Foundation, a $1 billion foundation whose
mission is to promote health and prevent disease in underserved
communities. He was also the Founding Chief Executive Officer of the
Health Plan of San Mateo, a public non-profit HMO.
Mr. Kahn pursued undergraduate studies at Harvard, and received
his bachelor’s degree in Development Studies from the University of
California, Berkeley. He also holds a master’s degree in
Public Affairs from the Humphrey Institute at the University of
Minnesota.
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Elaine Batchlor, M.D., Chief
Medical Officer
As Chief
Medical Officer, Dr. Batchlor is responsible for the medical
leadership of L.A. Care Health Plan, including the assurance of
quality health care delivery to all of L.A Care’s 780,000 plus
members. She serves as chair of several groups of the organization,
including the Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Committee.
She also oversees the community investment program as well as
culture and linguistic services for the organization.
Dr. Batchlor is a board member of the
Integrated Healthcare Association, a statewide organization that
promotes the continuing evolution of managed health care under
integrated systems. She is an advisory board member for the
California HealthCare Foundation Leadership program, and a leader of
the e-Clinic Initiative, a partnership with Kaiser Permanente and
the UniHealth Foundation to integrate e-health technology into the
practice of health care at community clinics. She sits on the board
of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and she
serves on the State of California’s Olmstead Advisory Committee,
which advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the
implementation of principles designed to allow people with
disabilities to live in the community.
Prior to her
affiliation with L.A. Care, Dr. Batchlor developed and oversaw
research, policy analysis and programs aimed at improving health
care financing and delivery for the California HealthCare
Foundation. She was the Chief Medical Officer for Prudential Health
Care of California with responsibility for all aspects of medical
management for that company's managed care products in the "five
states" western region. She served briefly as the Medical Director
for Community Health Plan, the health maintenance organization
operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
She was Service Area Medical Director for CIGNA Health Plan of
California, and was also a clinical instructor at the UCLA School of
Medicine.
Dr. Batchlor received her undergraduate degree in
Biology from Harvard University and completed medical school at Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She completed her
internship, residency and fellowship in Internal Medicine and
Rheumatology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She also holds a Masters
Degree in Public Health from UCLA.
In addition to her health policy and
administrative work, Dr. Batchlor is a licensed practicing physician
with a specialty in rheumatology. She is also a board member for
Crystal Stairs, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles that
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Dorothy Seleski,
Chief of Managed Care
Operations
Dorothy Seleski is
Chief of Managed Care Operations at L.A. Care Health Plan. In this
role, she oversees the departments responsible for claims,
credentialing, product operations and provider network services.
Ms. Seleski has extensive experience in managed
care operations and provider network management for HMO, POS, PPO,
Medicare Risk, Managed Medicaid and CHAMPUS products. The breadth of
her experience also includes network management, contract
negotiation and program development in several insurance companies
and provider organizations.
When she joined L.A. Care Health Plan in 1999,
Ms. Seleski brought with her more than 18 years of professional
experience in health care. She has held positions at the University
of Chicago Hospitals,
UCLA
Medical
Center
and a number of
private health insurance providers including PacifiCare of
California, Health Net and VertiHealth.
From 1996 to 1999,
Ms. Seleski was the Regional Network Director for Health Net where
she oversaw commercial and Medicare products. She was also the
Director of the Health Net Provider Call and
Training
Center for the CHAMPUS
product in southern
California.
Ms. Seleski was a
Director at VertiHealth from 1991 to 1995, where she was responsible
for managing the centralized managed care contracting staffs of ten
UniHealth hospitals in
California
and
New
Jersey.
In addition, Ms. Seleski served as the Director
of MSO Development for Physician Venture Management, a subsidiary of
Columbia/HCA, where she managed the development and operation of
IPAs in select markets across the country.
Ms. Seleski earned
her M.B.A. in accounting and marketing from the Anderson School of
Management at UCLA and her M.P.H. in health services administration
from UCLA’s School of
Public Health. Ms. Seleski also holds a
Bachelor of Arts with Honors degree in History from the
University of
Maryland in
College Park,
Maryland.
In addition to her
responsibilities at L.A. Care, Ms. Seleski writes a regular column,
Hospital Briefs, for the Journal of Medical Practice
Management.
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W. Randy Stone, Chief Financial
Officer
W. Randy Stone is Chief Financial Officer
of L.A. Care Health Plan. In this role he has supervisory responsibility
for and directs all significant aspects of the
organization's financial, accounting, treasury, strategic planning, risk
management, financial compliance/audit, materials
management/procurement, and facility administration
operations.
Mr. Stone has held
a number senior financial and leadership positions in the managed
health care industry, encompassing a variety of delivery system
models. Theses have included staff model operations, contracted care
networks, and physician practice management organizations. His
primary responsibilities have included accounting/financial
management, treasury/banking, strategic planning and budgeting,
product line development, and patient care delivery operations.
Before joining
L.A. Care in April 2001, Mr. Stone was Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer for UniMed Medical Management Co., where he
was responsible for the financial operations of seven separate
physician practice management organizations in Southern California,
serving approximately 435,000 enrolled lives. Prior to UniMed, Mr.
Stone was Treasurer and Vice President, Finance, for Talbert Medical
Management Co, where he was responsible for financial and treasury
operations in five states. Before that position, Mr. Stone held
numerous senior level roles with FHP International, including
Corporate Vice President (Finance), Regional Vice President
(California IPA Operations), and Regional Vice President (California
Staff Model Operations).
Mr. Stone earned
his Masters Degree in Business Administration and his undergraduate
degree in Accounting and Business Management from California State
University, Long Beach. He is a member of Financial Executives
International, and serves on the Health Care Advisory Committee of
California State University, Long Beach.
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Mark
S. Windisch, Esq., Senior Advisor
Mark
S. Windisch is Senior Advisor at L.A. Care Health Plan. In
this role he develops and oversees strategies relating to several
government programs and business opportunities. He also handles various legal
matters for L.A. Care.
Mr. Windisch is admitted to practice law in California
and before the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Health
Care Committee of the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce, and serves on
the Steering Committee of the L.A. Health Collaborative.
Prior
to joining L.A. Care in November 2003, Mr. Windisch practiced
healthcare and public agency law in Los Angeles for nearly 30
years. He represented various California counties as special counsel in
business and funding matters, including frequent dealings with
agencies in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
Over
the years, Mr. Windisch also served as general counsel to several
tax-exempt and charitable organizations, was involved in the
creation of various government-operated health plans, and
participated in structuring and counseling nonprofit foundations
associated with local government agencies. He was
involved in the early stages of L.A. Care, having served as an
advisor to the Los Angeles County Managed Care Planning Council in
the early 1990s.
Mr.
Windisch was one of the founders of the Health-e-LA Coalition, a
group of healthcare, business, nonprofit and academic organizations
that are working to create pathways for the interoperable exchange
of electronic health records throughout Los Angeles
County. In 2005,
he was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of CalRHIO
(California Regional Health Information Organization).
Mr.
Windisch received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and his law degree
from UCLA School of Law.
In 1992, he received an award of high commendation from the
Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County. In 2003, he was
honored by the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce as its "Volunteer of
the Year," and was named by Los Angeles Magazine as one of the top
healthcare attorneys in the Los
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Augustavia J. Haydel,
Esq., Chief Legal Officer
Augustavia J. Haydel is General Counsel
of L.A. Care Health Plan. In this role she provides and arranges for
legal counsel to L.A. Care's Board of Governors and to senior
management. Ms. Haydel's duties involve a wide array of activities,
including advice and counsel on health care legal issues, public law
and government practice issues, board administration and governance
issues, litigation activities, contract strategies and negotiations,
and various other general and specialized legal topics.
Before joining L.A. Care, Ms. Haydel
served for 10 years as counsel at WATTS Health Systems, Inc., in Los
Angeles, California. Prior to that position, she was in private
practice. She also has served as an Assistant District Attorney in
the King's County District Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, New York,
and worked as a Market Research Analyst for the Indiana Business
Development Foundation in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ms. Haydel earned her Juris Doctor
degree from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington,
Indiana. She received her undergraduate degree in economics from
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Ms.
Haydel has instructed students in micro and macroeconomics at
Indiana University and at Purdue University in Indianapolis. She is
a member of numerous legal and professional organizations, including
the National Health Lawyers Association, the Black Women Lawyers
Association and the Los Angeles County Bar
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Gene Fernandez, Chief
Information Officer
Gene Fernandez is Chief Information Officer at
L.A. Care Health Plan. In this role, he is responsible for
articulating the vision and establishing the strategy for integrated
information technology at L.A. Care. He is also responsible for
providing leadership in the development, implementation and
governance of L.A. Care’s information systems and technology
infrastructure.
Mr. Fernandez has extensive experiences with
health care IT systems implementation, business process
re-engineering, IT strategic planning, IT outsourcing and project
management. He brings to L.A. Care over 20 years of experience as a
health care information management bilingual executive. Mr.
Fernandez has served as Chief Information Officer at the National
Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland as well as the Naval
Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. He has also served in a
myriad of Information Technology (IT) leadership positions for the
Department of Defense’s health care delivery organizations as an
active duty commissioned officer in the Navy Medical Service Corps.
Mr. Fernandez’s private sector experience includes having served as
Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer for Sparrow
Health System and as a Senior IT Consultant for
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Healthcare Consulting Practice in
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Fernandez is board certified in healthcare
management as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare
Executives. He is also a member of the Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society and the College of Healthcare Information
Management Executives. Mr. Fernandez earned a Master of Science
degree from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science degree from
Southern Illinois University. He has also completed the Information
Management Executive Course sponsored by the University of Michigan
& the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
(CHIME). In addition, he has also completed a healthcare management
certificate program sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and
completed a second master’s from the University of Illinois at
Springfield in May 2007.
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John Wallace, Chief of
Staff
John Wallace serves as
Chief of Staff for L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest public health
plan in the nation. In that role, John is
responsible for the following operating units: Strategic Planning,
Communications and Marketing, Government Relations, Plan Partner
Relations, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance and the Community
Resource Centers Pilot.
Prior to L.A. Care Health Plan, Mr.
Wallace held a number of positions with the Los Angeles County
Department of Health Services including responsibility for
Communications, Government Relations, Public Policy, 1115 Waiver
Office and the Public Private Partnership Program. Mr. Wallace also worked in
the Administrations of Governor Pete Wilson and Los Angeles County
Supervisor Don Knabe.
Mr. Wallace is a native of San Pedro, California and a graduate of the University of
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