UTICA, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield announced it has recently appointed three new members of its senior leadership team. Mona Chitre was named president of pharmacy solutions in addition to her role as chief pharmacy officer. In her expanded role, she will focus on delivering clinically sound pharmacy solutions to enable growth and diversification and […]
UTICA, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield announced it has recently appointed three new members of its senior leadership team.
Mona Chitre was named president of pharmacy solutions in addition to her role as chief pharmacy officer. In her expanded role, she will focus on delivering clinically sound pharmacy solutions to enable growth and diversification and bolster investments and innovation in all areas of the pharmacy landscape. She joined Excellus in 2000. Under Chitre’s leadership, the pharmacy program developed numerous programs to improve the health and well-being of the communities it serves, Excellus contends, including the RxConcierge savings outreach program and initiatives focusing on generic medications, medication adherence, and specialty medications.
Dr. Lisa Harris was appointed senior VP and corporate medical director, where she will work closely with senior leaders to drive engagement, innovation, clinical quality, equitable access, and affordability, the health insurer said. Harris, who joined Excellus in 2018, will also focus on enabling efficiency and satisfaction. She previously served as VP of medical affairs for commercial lines of business, where she served as a clinical liaison for the commercial side of business and leading the clinical-affordability strategy.
Tony Vitagliano has been named senior VP of provider-network engagement. In this role, he will continue to focus on the health plan’s provider-partnership strategy in addition to leading the areas of payment integrity, medical policy, and risk adjustment. Vitagliano, who joined Excellus in 1993, will also serve as a member of the health plan executive team. He began his career there as an actuarial analyst and held several positions. Mostly recently, he served as VP of provider-network management and operations, where Vitagliano led teams dedicated to provider contracting, provider relations, value-based payments, and reimbursement.
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is a nonprofit health plan with 1.5 million members in upstate New York and more than 4,000 employees.