Dr Grossman Named Chief Medical Officer

For Health Net Of The Northeast

SHELTON — Health Net of the Northeast, Inc has named Robert Grossman, MD, of Newtown as the new chief medical officer for the company. Additionally, the company has promoted Scott Breidbart, MD, to the new position of vice president of medical integration.

Health Net of the Northeast is one of the tri-state region’s largest health plans with approximately one million members in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, and is a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc (NYSE:HNT).

“Drs Grossman and Breidbart will be responsible for creating and maintaining the highest possible quality in our health care and medical management programs,” said Steve Nelson, president of Health Net of the Northeast. “Our goal is to create a better dialogue with our physicians, members, and employer group sponsors in order to improve quality, health outcomes, lower costs, and, most importantly, improve the lives of our members,” he added.

Previously, Dr Grossman was medical director for HealthGuard of Lancaster in Lancaster, Penn. He also was regional medical director and served as interim president for the Kaiser Health Plan in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

“This is an exciting moment to be joining Health Net,” Dr Grossman said. “I have been impressed with the success the company has achieved over the last year in its efforts to end the trend by arresting the rate of growth in health care costs, while maintaining a strong commitment to providing the highest quality care to Health Net members”

Dr Grossman will lead the medical management team at Health Net of the Northeast and be responsible for medical management programs and initiatives. In particular, he will lead a staff of 180 physicians and nurses creating programs to provide members with precise, up-to-date information and tools to guide their choices in managing individual and family health and well-being.

A retired surgeon, Dr Grossman also is a medical examiner/coroner.

Dr Breidbart’s responsibilities will increase significantly as he assumes leadership of regionwide medical management initiatives, oversight of system implementations, coordination of disease management, and direct medical analytics and reporting.

 He will report to Dr Grossman and assume responsibility for the health care operations team. Dr Grossman reports directly to Bill Lamoreaux, chief operating officer for the company.

Health Net of the Northeast, Inc, headquartered in Shelton, employs approximately 1,800 associates in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. Health Net of the Northeast, through its subsidiaries, offers full-service health plans that serve nearly one million members in the tri-state area. The Northeast health plans offer a wide array of products including HMO, Point-of-Service (POS), Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), third-party administration, Medicare and Medicaid. With a physician network comprising more than 90,000 physician and provider office locations, Health Net is one of the largest health plans in the Northeast, offering a full array of open-access products and coordination for multiregion employers.

Health Net of the Northeast is a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc, which is among the nation’s largest publicly traded managed health care companies. It provides health benefits to approximately 6.5 million individuals in 27 states and the District of Columbia through group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE programs. Health Net’s subsidiaries also offer managed health care products related to behavioral health and prescription drugs, and offer managed health care product coordination for multiregion employers and administrative services for medical groups and self-funded benefits programs.