Health Risk Partners: Services for Medicare and Medicaid Plans

For Immediate release

CONTACT:
Marc L. Wise
Health Risk Partners
(804) 201-4151
(804) 254-4166
marc.wise@healthriskpartners.com
http://www.healthriskpartners.com

Jeffrey Grant Joins Health Risk Partners

RICHMOND, VA— September 22, 2008, Health Risk Partners announces the addition of Jeffrey Grant to the HRP executive management team.

Mr. Grant will serve as a Senior Vice President responsible for oversight of HRP's consulting services and information reporting areas.

Mr. Grant joins HRP after fifteen years at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) most recently serving as Director of the Division of Payment Reconciliation where he oversaw the installation and implementation of the payment methodology for Medicare's prescription drug benefit, Part D. Prior to Part D, Mr. Grant was also responsible for the development of the enrollment reconciliation process and the Risk Adjustment Processing System for Medicare.

"Jeff has dedicated his career in public service to our Medicare payment system and led the implementations of some of the most complicated payment changes in the history of the federal health system" said Susan Cimbalo, President and CEO of HRP. "Jeff is a welcome addition to our senior management team where his knowledge, enthusiasm and integrity will reinforce HRP's position as the preeminent provider of Risk Adjustment, Prescription Drug and Enrollment and Reconciliation services to the health plan market."

Mr. Grant will be based in Silver Spring, MD and will begin effective September 29th.

About Health Risk Partners

Health Risk Partners, LLC, is a healthcare consulting and technology firm dedicated to helping its clients attain the highest levels of compliance, profitability, and strategic planning. The HRP team has extensive experience working with federal and state healthcare payment methodologies and transforming them into solid business practices for Medicare and Medicaid health plans.

HRP helps its clients to manage the Risk Adjustment process for over 1.7 million MA and MAPD lives, including:

  • Enrollment, payment and Part D reconciliation
  • Analytics and medical record targeting
  • Medical record audit and coding
  • Quality assurance and auditing
  • Financial forecasting and reporting
  • CMS file submission
  • End-to-end BPO consulting