Managed Healthcare Industry Forum Presents:

How Health Plans Can Survive Reform

Monday, June 28, 2010 • New York City

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

William MacBain SVP, Finance Gorman Health Group

Bill has over twenty-five years of experience in health plan senior management positions, encompassing finance, management consulting, and health insurance operations. He is experienced in financial management and analysis, business planning and budgeting, contract negotiations, product design, and government affairs.

Bill fills a dual role at Gorman Health Group. As a senior consultant he focuses on financial planning and analysis. As chief financial officer, he manages the firm's finances, IT, and human resources. He has consulted for numerous health plans, health care providers, and government agencies.

Representative projects include financial feasibility analyses, financial planning, financial “due diligence” reviews, HIPAA privacy rule compliance, provider contracting, grant program analysis and grant application review. He also coauthored and published a series of successful HIPAA privacy rule policy templates.

Bill contributed to federal and state health insurance policy as a member of two federal Medicare advisory commissions (MedPAC and ProPAC), and as president of the Managed Care Association of Pennsylvania. He has also served as a board member of the American Association of Health Plans and the Group Health Association of America, predecessors of today's AHIP.

Prior to joining GHG, Bill's executive experience includes service as CFO for a large regional health plan, chief operating officer for one of the largest rural-based health plans in the nation, and senior finance and operations positions with several start-up health plans.