Robert D. Ginsberg Named Vice President of Managed Care at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers
03/16/2009
Contact: Michael Fagan
(212) 604-7965
New York, NY, January 6, 2009 - Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Saint Vincent's) announced the appointment of Robert D. Ginsberg as its Vice President of Managed Care. He will be responsible for all aspects of managed care contract negotiations and operations.
'We are very pleased to have Rob Ginsberg join us as Vice President of Managed Care, his expertise in managed care contract negotiations will be an asset to Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers,' said Domenic Segalla, Chief Financial Officer for Saint Vincent's. 'He has decades of experience from the perspectives of both the provider and managed care organizations, which will assist Saint Vincent's in obtaining the best contracts for its services.'
Prior to joining Saint Vincent's, Mr. Ginsberg worked as Director of Managed Care at Lenox Hill Hospital. He was responsible for negotiating, implementing, and managing contracts with HMOs, PPOs, and other managed care organizations, including commercial, Medicare managed care, and Medicaid managed care. He previously held the position of Vice President of Operations for the Lenox Hill Healthcare Network where he was responsible for negotiating physician group contracts in addition to hospital contracting.
Mr. Ginsberg also held executive positions at three HMOs in the New York area -- Oxford Health Plans, NYLCare (formerly Sanus) and Maxicare. His focus included developing physician networks, negotiating alternative payment mechanisms with physicians and hospitals, and creating a comprehensive credentialing system for large physician networks.
Mr. Ginsberg is a graduate of Swarthmore College, and holds an M.B.A. in Health Care Management from Columbia University.
He assumed his new role at Saint Vincent's on January 5, 2009.
About Saint Vincent's
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Saint Vincent's) is anchored by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, an academic medical center located in Greenwich Village and the only emergency room on the Westside of Manhattan from Midtown to Tribeca, St. Vincent's Westchester, a behavioral health hospital in Westchester County, and continuing care services that include two skilled nursing facilities in Brooklyn, another on Staten Island, a hospice, and a home health agency serving the Metropolitan New York area. Its behavioral health services also provide supportive housing programs for people with mental illness throughout the Metropolitan area. Saint Vincent's is the designated provider for the New York and New Jersey region of the US Family Health Plan sponsored by the US Department of Defense.
Saint Vincent's serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City. The healthcare organization is sponsored by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn and the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
