ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced the members of the Medicaid redesign team.
Twenty-one members have been selected by the governor, all of which specialize in fields such as health care, finance, education and advocacy. This is the second team Cuomo has put together.
The last Medicaid redesign team found savings in the Medicaid program and Cuomo says the new group will build upon those findings. The team is being directed to identify savings while simultaneously ensuring there is zero impact on local governments and zero impact on beneficiaries by finding industry efficiencies and/or additional industry revenue, and by rooting out waste, fraud and abuse.
The new team will also focus on issues associated with long-term care.
Here is the full list of voting members:
- Co-chair: Michael Dowling, President and CEO of Northwell Health
- Co-chair: Dennis Rivera, Former Chair of SEIU Healthcare
- Dr. Steven Corwin, President and CEO, New York Presbyterian
- Thomas Quatroche, PhD, President and CEO, Erie County Medical Center
- LaRay Brown, CEO of One Brooklyn Health
- Mario Cilento, President of New York State AFL-CIO
- Christopher Del Vecchio, President and CEO of MVP Health Care
- Pat Wang, President and CEO of Healthfirst
- Emma DeVito, President and CEO of VillageCare
- Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health
- Steven Bellone, County Executive, Suffolk County
- T.K. Small, Director of Policy at Concepts of Independence
- Donna Colonna, CEO, Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
- Todd Scheuermann, Secretary of Finance, NYS Senate
- Blake Washington, Secretary of Ways and Means, NYS Assembly
- Paul Francis, Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services, Governor's Office
- Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of Health
- Dr. Ann Sullivan, Commissioner for the Office of Mental Health
- Arlene González-Sánchez, Commissioner of the Office of Addiction Services and Supports
- Dr. Theodore Kastner, Commissioner of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
- Robert Megna, Senior Vice Chancellor and COO, SUNY
The team will hold its first public meeting on February 11. The public can submit recommendations and proposals may be submitted online beginning February 11.
