MVP Health Care names Barbero senior leader, general counsel

She also has oversight of the compliance department, the special-investigations unit, and the government-affairs department.

MVP describes Barbero as an “experienced attorney with extensive knowledge of health-care law, insurance, and managed-care business.”

Barbero most recently served as chief counsel at Cigna Global Health Benefits for seven years. She also served as assistant general counsel and vice president at Phoenix Life Solutions, Inc.; and counsel for Aetna, both of which are headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.

“Monice has significant legal and business expertise and the ability to create strong partnerships with business areas throughout the companies she’s worked for. I’m certain she will be a great asset to MVP Health Care and to the legal, compliance, and government affairs groups she’ll lead. We are fortunate to have her join our team,” Denise Gonick, president and CEO of MVP Health Care, said in the news release.

The nonprofit MVP Health Care is a health insurer serving more than 700,000 members in New York and Vermont.

The figure includes more than 100,000 individual and small-group members in New York, according to a company spokesperson.

MVP Health Care operates a Syracuse office at 333 West Washington St. and an office at 421 Broad St. in Utica.

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