Councils & Committees

Managed Care Delivery System Subcommittee of the Medical Assistance Advisory Committee

2024 Meeting Schedule

All meetings are scheduled from 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Due to the ongoing public health emergency, until further notice, all meetings of the MCDSS will be held remotely via online web access/teleconference. The links, phone numbers, access codes and other necessary information will be posted to the DHS website and distributed via listserv.

To report an absence from a scheduled meeting, please call the Bureau of Managed Care Operations at 717-772-6300

 

February 8, 2024

Microsoft Teams meeting

Or call in (audio only)

April 11, 2024

Microsoft Teams meeting

Or call in (audio only)

June 13, 2024

Microsoft Teams meeting

Or call in (audio only)

September 12, 2024

Microsoft Teams meeting

Or call in (audio only)

December Meeting Date Pending

Microsoft Teams meeting

Or call in (audio only)

 

Subcommittee Members

Member/AffiliationMailing Address/Phone/Fax/Email
Ellan Baumgartner 
Regulatory Affairs Manager, Amerihealth Caritas Pennsylvania/Amerihealth Northeast/Keystone First Pennsylvania — Amerihealth Caritas Family of Companies
Heather Shope
Operations Manager, Geisinger Health Plan
Joseph Glinka (CHAIR)
Director, HealthChoices, Highmark Wholecare ​ 
  • Address: Four Gateway Center, 444 Liberty Avenue, Suite 2100, Pittsburgh, PA  1522
  • Phone: (412) 255-1336
  • Fax: (412) 255-1336
  • Email: jglinka@highmarkwholecare.com
Kimberly Whetsell ​ ​ 
Senior Director of Association Services, Pennsylvania Homecare Association
Kearline Jones
Vice President, Government Relations & Compliance, Health Partners Plans
Kiziann Powell
Pennsylvania Compliance Officer, United Healthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania
  • Address: The Wanamaker Building, Suite 400, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • Phone: 215-832-4732  
  • Fax: 215-832-4701
  • Email: kiziann_powell@uhc.com
Lee Ann Moyer
Deputy Administrator Behavioral Health, Montgomery County Behavioral Health/Developmental Disabilities Department
  • Address: 1430 DeKalb Street, P.O. Box 311, Norristown,  PA   19404-0311
  • Phone: 610-292-4575 
  • Fax: 610-278-3683
  • Email: lmoyer@montcopa.org
James Sharp
Children's Division Policy Director
  • Address: 777 East Park Drive, Suite 300, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111
  • Phone: (717) 525-4097
  • Fax: (717) 364-3287
  • Email: jsharp@paproviders.org
Melissa Reisinger
Executive Director, The Tuscarora Managed Care Alliance
  • Address: 425 Franklin Farm Lane, Human Services Building, Chambersburg, PA 17202
  • Phone: (717) 709-4332
  • Fax: (717) 264-0999
  • Email: mlreisinger@co.franklin.pa.us
Deborah Wasilchak (VICE CHAIR)
Chief Government Contracts Officer, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
  • Address: One Chatham Center, Suite 700, 112 Washington Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  • Phone: (412) 395-1503
  • Fax: (412) 454-8631
  • Email: wasilchakds@ccbh.com
Jennifer Basom
Regional Manager, Medicaid, UPMC for You
  • Address: 200 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 100, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011
  • Phone: (717) 319-8691
  • Email: basomjj@upmc.edu
Rochelle Jackson
Consumer Subcommittee Representative
Jay Pagni
Interim Vice President, Government Relations/Senior Director, External Relations and Business, PA Health & Wellness/Centene
Gwendolyn Zander (EX-OFFICIO CO-CHAIR)
Bureau Director, Bureau of Managed Care Operations
  • Address: P.O. Box 2675, 6th Floor Commonwealth Tower, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
  • Phone: (717) 772-6300
  • Fax: (717) 772-6328
  • Email: gzander@pa.gov