Engage welcomes Steven A Greenspan JD, LLM as Chief Strategy Officer
Engage Health, a nationwide leader in reimbursement technologies and solutions, welcomes Steven A. Greenspan JD, LLM to the role of Chief Strategy Officer. In this role, Steven will leverage his in-depth knowledge of healthcare regulatory compliance and the resulting challenges faced by providers and payors alike, to lead the enterprise strategic growth initiatives at Engage, including product management and solution development.
“Steven’s synergistic experience in provider advocacy and program integrity provides an unmatched line of sight into the challenges faced by healthcare organizations along the entire revenue cycle continuum,” stated William OMalley, Chief Operating Officer. “We are excited to have Steven as part of the leadership team and look forward to his guidance on how best to provide consultative and technological solutions that answer the dynamic needs of our clients.”
Most recently, Mr. Greenspan served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Optum360 (Optum Physician Advisor Solutions) (formerly Executive Health Resources) and was responsible for overseeing the company’s regulatory compliance and hospital advocacy efforts. He collaborated closely with the compliance and legal teams, and Optum appeals management teams to offer direction and support on complex Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial Appeals matters. Prior to this role, Mr. Greenspan led the day-to-day operations of Optum’s governmental appeals unit.
Steven has strong knowledge of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the formal Medicare Appeals Process, having been intimately involved with the implementation of the Qualified Independent Contractor (QIC) program. During his hearing officer career, Mr. Greenspan oversaw the adjudication of more than 200,000 appeals and personally authored in excess of 10,000 appeal decisions.
Prior to joining Optum, Steven served as Vice President and Project Director for MAXIMUS Federal Services, overseeing the company’s Part A East QIC project while also serving as the proposal manager for the winning Part A West QIC award. Before his time at MAXIMUS, Mr. Greenspan served as President and Chief Hearing Officer for the Center for Dispute Resolution. He also served as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the State of Delaware, Division of Social Services. Prior to his time with the Center for Dispute Resolution, he served as Managing Member at Grant & Greenspan, LLC.
“I am extremely excited to join the exceptional team at Engage as we assist providers and suppliers with proper claim submission while working with payors to properly adjudicate claims. Claim integrity is at the core of our services as we strive to help our clients alleviate the administrative and financial burdens of improper claim submission, processing, and payment.”
Mr. Greenspan holds a Master of Laws in health law from The Health Law Institute of Widener University School of Law, a Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics/Sociology from Temple University. He is a member of the bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, and the United States Supreme Court.
About Engage Health
Engage Health provides curative consultative and technological solutions designed to ensure health reimbursements are made accurately across the entire reimbursement continuum. Our proactive approach is focused upon early-on identification, prevention and modification of internal practices which frequently result in payment inaccuracies. Using our unique audit and provider experience, Engage Health deploys a team of clinical, coding and reimbursement policy subject matter experts to analyze, identify and, most importantly, correct payment irregularities. As a result, Engage Health can improve the financial metrics of health organizations by reducing unnecessary costs, by decreasing the resources required to address inappropriate payments, and by mitigating revenue leakage where inappropriate payments typically occur.
