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Dennis Batey, M.D.
President
Presbyterian Health Plan

Dennis Batey, M.D. joined Presbyterian Health Plan as President in November 2007.Dr. Batey has a distinguished record of service in leadership roles in health care, most recently as Chief Medical Officer for Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Prior to his role at FCHP, Dr. Batey was the President of the Preferred Health Network of Maryland. From 1989 to 1997 Dr. Batey held several positions with FHP International, including Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Utah and New Mexico operations.

In addition to his years of experience as a physician executive, Dr. Batey has also practiced medicine in Alaska, both with the United States Public Health Service and in private practice.

Jana Burdickjburdick
Vice President, Chief Service Officer
 
Jana Burdick has been employed by Presbyterian Health Plan since January 1986. During her years with Presbyterian, Ms. Burdick has served in management roles in a number of areas including Information Services, Claims, Member Services, Enrollment/Eligibility, and Finance.
 
In October of 2009 she was promoted to Vice President and Chief Service Officer. In this role she has overall responsibility for member and provider satisfaction.
 
 
Mary Eden
Mary Eden
Vice President, Government Programs
 

Mary Eden has been employed by Presbyterian Health Plan since 1992 in a variety of roles, and has been accountable for Medicaid Programs since 1998. She has extensive knowledge of the unique attributes of Government Programs operations and regulations, and was instrumental in the implementation of the state’s SALUD! managed care program in 1997.

Ms. Eden serves as the Vice President of Government Programs overseeing both Medicaid and Medicare operations, and Risk Adjustment efforts in conjunction with the Presbyterian Medical Group. She serves as an appointed member of the Medicaid Advisory Committee representing all the SALUD! managed care organizations, and is a Board Member of Safer New Mexico Now.


David Field David Field
Chief Financial Officer

David Field, CPA, ChFC, is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Presbyterian Health Plan.

Mr. Field relocated from Heber City, Utah, where he has been a sole-practitioner offering managed health care consulting, executive level financial and operations temporary staffing, certified public accounting, certified financial planning, and commercial project development.

Previously Mr. Field was both CFO and COO of MVP Health Care of Schenectady New York, a $3 billion integrated family of not-for-profit and for-profit companies providing managed care to over 750,000 members in upstate New York.

Prior to that, he held positions with a number of organizations including Aetna, Cigna and Arthur Anderson.

cgoulart Cesar Goulart
Executive Director, Health Information

Cesar Goulart is a seasoned Information Technology professional with over 20 years of experience planning, deploying, and managing IT solutions across multiple industries. With Presbyterian since 1994, he has had the opportunity to act in multiple roles and capacities, working with the Presbyterian Delivery System (including hospitals and the medical group) and Presbyterian Health Plan.

In his current role since 2006, Cesar works with other Presbyterian senior managers, guiding the planning, development and support of information technology solutions for Presbyterian Health Plan.
 
Prior to joining Presbyterian, Cesar was a project manager with a large beverage company in Brazil where he led custom software development projects.
 
nspero Neal Spero
Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Commercial Product Sales
 
Neal Spero joined Presbyterian Health Plan in 2009, and is originally from Arizona where he graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Mathematics. He started his career as a sales executive and assistant actuary for BCBS of Arizona and went on to hold actuarial and marketing/sales leadership positions with BCBS of Utah, Wellmark BCBS of Iowa and United Healthcare of the Midwest, and shows a proven track record of success.
 
Prior to coming to Presbyterian, he held several leadership positions with American Community in Michigan including Sr. Vice President responsible for the profit and loss of the Individual market segment. He oversaw the Sales, Underwriting, Product Development, Marketing, Administration and Actuarial functions. In 2007, he was promoted to Sr. Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer with additional responsibilities in the small and large group lines of business.