Robert O'Connor Joins MCRA Strategic Advisory Board
- Katie Barone
- 13 hours ago
- 1 min read
The Managed Care Resource Alliance (MCRA) announces Robert O'Connor, MBA to the Strategic Advisory Board as its Medicare Advisor.
About Robert O'Connor, MBA
Robert is an innovative business leader with 20 years experience in Medicare Advantage, DSNP and PDP. He has spent over 25 years creating programs and products for older Americans. This work has spanned multiple aspects and industries including consumer durables, innovative insurance programs, marketing, merchandising systems, distribution, business development and turnaround strategies.
With deep experience in Medicare Advantage at Aetna/CVS and Highmark BCBS, Robert has been responsible for P&Ls as large as $3B and reporting structures up to 700 FTEs but he is most passionate about bringing impactful programs to Medicare beneficiaries to improve their lives and lifestyles. Robert has evaluated and implemented dozens of vendored programs and partnerships in managed care organizations and understands how to make them successful and sustainable long term.
In his work at Aetna and Highmark, Robert built a profitable MAPD business from 30k to over 300k members, created dozens of new products including high value network programs, improved quality Stars scores, launched successful multi-state expansion plans, created and built Special Needs Plans, rebooted portfolios to regain sustainability, redesigned incentive programs and introduced value-based contracting. Robert holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.
About MCRA Strategic Advisory Board
MCRA Strategic Advisors are Managed Care leaders and Health Plan executives who advise MCRA Members, drive Member discussions, and share insights on industry challenges.
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