Dr. Michael Sherman recently joined Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as senior vice president, chief medical officer. For the preceding four years, he served as corporate medical director, physician strategies for Humana, focusing on developing collaborative programs with provider organizations to support their mutual goal of delivering the highest quality care to their patients. Under his direction, Humana implemented a number of Pay for Performance programs as well as a leading edge Medical Home initiative that had over 50,000 members receiving care in affiliated practices and successfully reduced ER and inpatient spend while simultaneously improving the quality of care provided and both physician and member satisfaction.
Prior to joining Humana, he held several roles with UnitedHealth Group, including vice president, network and consumer solutions, for Ingenix and also spent time supporting UnitedHealthcare's commercial business. He also served as chief business development officer for United's Medicare Part D business, overseeing its channel partner strategy & execution, including sales to employers, brokers and states.
Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group, Dr. Sherman held the position of vice president and general manager at Thomson Medstat (now Thomson Reuters), which provides health information solutions to the payer, provider and research markets. He also served as vice president, business development and product management, for HealthAllies, an organization created to provide discretionary medical benefits to the cash-pay market, which was purchased by UnitedHealth Group in 2003. Dr. Sherman's other roles include stints at Immusol, a San Diego-based biotechnology company, where he served as vice president, medical and clinical affairs and as director, business development, at Total Renal Care (now known as Da Vita), a national provider of dialysis services.
Dr. Sherman holds a B.A. degree in Anthropology and Natural Sciences and an M.S. in Biomedical Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. degree from Yale and M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Dr. Sherman is a diplomate of both the American Board of Anesthesiology and American Board of Medical Management, and he practiced as a cardiac anesthesiologist prior to pursuing his MBA. In addition, in 2009, he was named a fellow of the American College of Physician Executives in recognition of his national contributions to the field of medical management.
Dr. Sherman has been a frequent speaker at national meetings and has been a guest lecturer at the Harvard Business School. He is on the editorial board of the journal, Biotechnology Healthcare, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Hennepin County History Museum.
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