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Anthony R. Masso is a healthcare industry veteran with a strong background in managed care and health insurance. Mr. Masso is currently President and CEO of Consortium Health Plans (CHP), a coalition of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that offers major employers a complete, national solution with comprehensive pricing and cohesive nationwide operations. In his role, Masso works with the CEOs and other C-level executives of local Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans and their boards of directors, helping to ensure that their national marketing goals are being met. He also serves as an ex-officio member of several Blue Cross Blue Shield Association committees to coordinate efficient use of plan resources.
Prior to joining CHP, Mr. Masso gained deep managed care experience while serving as Senior Vice President of Aetna Health Plans, where he was responsible for all East Coast operations for all HMOs and POS health plans and managed a budget of $550 million. He also served as Senior Vice President of the Health Insurance Association of America, where he developed successful managed care networks, and as Executive Vice President of Integrated Health Services, where he continued to develop a successful managed care business by increasing insurance contracts and growing revenues to $450 million.
Mr. Masso's other healthcare experience includes serving as an active member of the board of directors for SXC, a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions for the pharmaceutical supply chain. Previously, he served for three years as President of StrongCastle, LLC, a private consulting company, specializing in advising foundations, pharmaceutical benefits management companies, wellness companies and physician partnerships. He also worked with RxHub, LLC, a consortium of major pharmaceutical benefit management companies and payors, to advance the adoption of electronic prescribing.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Masso served in the public sector as a division director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a legislative aide for the U.S. Senate, and as an operations officer with the National Centers for Disease Control.
Mr. Masso received his BS from the University of Rhode Island and his masters in public administration from Syracuse University. | 