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Member Contacts

Chair
Jim Whicker, CPAM
AAHAM
4646 West Lake Park Boulevard
Salt Lake City, Utah 84120
Vice-Chair
Bob Poiesz
Highmark, Inc.
1800 Center Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011

Voting Organization

Representative Name (First person listed is the Representative, additional name(s) are alternates) Rep’s Employer or Organization where they can be contacted. Work Phone (W)
Fax Number (F)

American Hospital Association

Jim Whicker
(Committee Chair)
ARJWHICK@IHC.COM




Todd Omundson
tomunds1@aha.org
American Assoc. of Health Care Administrative Management (AAHAM) & Intermountain Health Care

American Hospital Association
801-442-6450 (W)
801-442-6700 (F)

Blue Shield Plans

Bob Poiesz
(Committee Vice-Chair)
robert.poiesz@highmark.com

LuAnn Hetherington
luann.hetherington@highmark.com

 
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield


Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
717-302-1857 (W)
717-302-1852 (F)

717-731-2787

275 Workgroup

Gale Carter
gale_carter@fileproplus.com

Anthony Rizzi
Anthony.J.Rizzi@kp.org
FP Technologies, Inc.

Kaiser Permanente
317-513-3704


626-564-3109

835 Workgroup

Bob Poiesz
robert.poiesz@highmark.com

Desiree Van Lieu
Desiree.vanlieu@fcso.com

Patricia Wijtyk
patricia.wijtyk@hdx.com

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

First Coast Service Options, Inc.

Healthcare Data Exchange Corporation

717-731-2005


904-791-6898


610-219-1825

837 Workgroup

John Bock
jbock@prodigy.net

Tom Drinkard
tomdrinkard@comcast.net

Conny Nichols
conny.nichols@claredi.com

Doug Renshaw
doug.renshaw@highmark.com
I.M.


I.M.


Claredi


Highmark
612-850-2354


770-396-4282


717-302-4907


317-331-7134

276/277 Workgroup

Mike Cabral
MikeC@EDIFECS.COM

Nancy Reed
Nancy.Reed@BCBSTX.COM

Chuck Wilhelm
Chuck.wilhelm@webmd.net
EDIFECS


BCBS of Texas


WebMD
425-452-0650


972-766-5884


615-231-4752

278 Workgroup

Stacey Barber
Stacey.barber@ncxix.ncg.eds.com

Sandra Ebel
Sandy.Ebel@hdx.com
EDS

Healthcare Data Exchange Corporation
919-816-3276


610-219-1562
 

American Dental Association

Bob Owens
OWENS@ADA.ORG
ADA 312-440-2921 (W)
312-440-2760 (F)

American Medical Association

Thomas Conway
Thomas_Conway@AMA-ASSN.ORG

Andrea Jacobson
Jacobsen.Andrea@mayo.edu
AMA



Mayo Clinic
312-464-4740 (W)
312-464-5836 (F)


507-266-9744

Blue Cross Plans

Durwin Day
dayd@bcbsil.com

BCBS Illinois

312-653-5948

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Rich Landen
Richard.Landen@bcbsa.com
BCBSA 312-297-6582 (W)
303-449-0757 (F)

Commercial Health Insurance

Pete Anderson
pete_anderson@uhc.com

Nancy Knauss
nancyk111@home.com
UnitedHealth Group 860-702-6670 (W)
860-702-9830 (F)

CMS Medicare

Sumita Sen
SSen@CMS.HHS.GOV



Kathleen Simmons
KSIMMONS@CMS.HHS.GOV
CMS




CMS
410-786-5755 (W)
410-786-0262 (F)

410-786-6157 (W)
410-786-0262 (F)

CMS Medicaid

Jane Bryson
jane.bryson@maine.gov
Maine Department of Human Services

Bureau of Medicaid Services
207-629-6123

Health Insurance Association of America

Kathleen Fyffe
KFYFFE@HIAA.ORG
HIAA 202-824-1834

National Council for Prescription Drugs (NCPDP)

Margaret Weiker
Margaret.Weiker@EDS.COM

Nancy Nemes
NancyNemes@WebMD.NET
EDS


WebMD
972-604-4066
216-425-3241 x 255

Property and Casualty Insurance

Mark W. Carter
Mark.W.Carter.adp4@StateFarm.Com
State Farm Insurance 309-766-6715

American Association of Health Plans

Peter Strand
pstrand@humana.com
Humana, Inc. 502-580-2183 (W)
502-580-2350 (F)

Association for Electronic Healthcare Transactions

Ruben Zagagi
ruben.zagagi@usa.net

Debby Kemler
DKemler@Covansys.com



Covansys




931-379-5625

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

J. Robert Barbour
rbarbour@montefiore.org


Robert M. Tennant
rmt@mgma.com
MGMA



MGMA
914-709-3040 (W)
914-709-3063 (F)

202-293-3450 (W)
202-293-2787 (F)