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The HMA Administrators Management Team

COO
Michael A. Cassandro, RHU
Mr. Cassandro is the Chief Operations Officer of HMA Administrators, LLC and is a member of the Health Management Advisors Executive Management Team. Mr. Cassandro has been in the employee benefits and investment advisory business since 1995. Mr. Cassandro and his HMA team assist companies in the areas of negotiating benefit pricing at renewal, conducting market analyses, evaluating claims administration solutions, managed care access and cost effectiveness, as well as developing and assisting with human resource matters including ERISA, DOL, HIPAA, COBRA and FMLA. Mr. Cassandro has worked closely with corporations in developing group benefit programs and human resource initiatives that match their corporate philosophy while also attracting and retaining quality employees. This "total benefits solution" involves a comprehensive evaluation of a company's managed care plan, network access, overall plan design, funding of the benefit program, contribution program, retirement plan offerings, employee benefit statements and payroll program. Prior to joining HMA Mr. Cassandro was the President of Cassandro & Associates. Mr. Cassandro is licensed to offer securities (Series 7, 63 and 65) and has earned the prominent designation of Registered Health Underwriter from The American College, a designation given to those individuals who demonstrate a high level of knowledge about the health insurance business. Licenses: Life, Accident & Health, Securities
Managing Member
Jean Buehler
Mrs. Buehler is the Managing Member of HMA Administrators, LLC (HMA Administrators) and reports regularly to the Health Management Advisors Executive Management Team. Mrs. Buehler is also the Director of the Client Relations, Customer Service and Claims Departments for HMA Administrators. Mrs. Buehler brings over 20 years of experience managing Third Party Administration (TPA) claims and customer care departments for self funded and fully insured employee benefit plans. Mrs. Buehler and her HMA Administrators team focus their efforts on assisting companies in areas such as, member communications, preferred provider organization access, medical management, evaluating managed care access and cost effectiveness as well as developing and assisting with compliance issues including ERISA, HIPAA, PHI, COBRA and FMLA. Mrs. Buehler has worked closely with corporations in developing group benefits programs that attract and retain quality employees. This "total benefits solution" involves a comprehensive evaluation of a company's, Summary Plan Description (SPD), managed care plan, overall benefit plan design, funding requirements of the benefit program, contribution percentages, etc. Prior to the insurance industry, Mrs. Buehler taught in the Public school system.  Her diverse and solid background and education provides the ideal foundation for her role at HMA Administrators.  Mrs. Buehler is responsible for managing the employee development and ongoing training to accomplish the HMA Administrators goals for first call resolution on all claims administration issues. Mrs. Buehler was instrumental in the development and implementation of the HMA Healthy Lifestyles program; an integrated wellness program offered to the HMA Administrators' members. In her spare time Mrs. Buehler enjoys spending time with her husband, grandchildren and playing golf.
Employment Law Counsel
Judith A. Miller, Esq
Judith A. Miller, Esq. represents HMA Administrators, LLC as Employment Law Counsel and reports regularly to the Health Management Advisors Executive Management Team and  Corporate Counsel.  Mrs. Miller has successfully counseled businesses of all sizes on employment matters, providing timely, practical advice for more than twenty years. Mrs.  Miller works closely with the HMA Administrators Account Management team to provide counsel to the HMA Direct clients on preventive employment strategies designed to avoid legal claims and protracted litigation.  She advises companies on all aspects of employment law, including managing layoffs, complying with discrimination laws and accommodating individuals with disabilities, investigating claims of sexual harassment, complying with family, medical, maternity and other leave of absence laws, complying with laws regarding wages, hours and payment of wages, enforcing and interpreting non-compete agreements and any other aspect of the employment relationship.  She assists business clients in developing employment policies, agreements and forms that help foster a productive relationship between employers and employees. Attorney Miller has also represented clients before state and federal administrative agencies, in state and federal court and in arbitration and mediation hearings.  Before starting her own law firm in 1996, Attorney Miller practiced labor and employment law for eleven years.  She worked in private practice with Jackson Lewis LLP, a national employment law firm exclusively representing management, and in-house, working directly for two corporations. In 1996, Attorney Miller opened her own private law practice.  Attorney Miller has spoken to numerous community groups, employer organizations and professional groups, including the American Bar Association, on a variety of employment law topics. She earned her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School, where she served as the Articles and Topics Editor for the International and Comparative Law Review. She received her B.A., with honors and distinction, from the University of Michigan.
CIO
Stephen Weir
Mr. Weir is the CIO of HMA Administrators, LLC (HMA Administrators) and is a member of the Health Management Advisors Executive Management Team. Mr. Weir leads the claims and administration system implementation and product management teams for HMA Administrators, LLC. Mr. Weir has been in the Third Party Administrator (TPA) industry since 1993 in various technical and operational roles.  Since 2002 Mr. Weir has been an independent consultant specializing in the operations and technology aspects of TPA management.  Milestone projects include: Project manager for the state of Louisiana's Office of Group Benefits claims system conversion and implementation, the Mega Health and Life company's claims system conversion and platform migration from Microsoft NT to Sun Microsystems, Implementation of claims system for Group Health Alliance, a startup TPA serving the Edison Chouest group of companies in Louisiana.  Prior to this, Mr. Weir was the IT Director at Medcom, Inc., a TPA/PPO in Jacksonville Florida which administers ERISA health plans.  Mr. Weir was a leading member of an Eldorado Computing (ECI) user's group executive committee.  This committee was the primary force in guiding Eldorado Computing's development effort to meet the changing market conditions of the TPA and health insurance industry.  Prior to this Mr. Weir was the IT Director at NMS Network Management Services, a division of Columbia Hospital Systems. NMS served as the TPA for all at-risk business Columbia Hospitals entered into for the east coast region.  Prior to NMS, Mr. Weir was the Director of Implementation Services at Eldorado Computing Company, Inc., and responsible for overseeing over twenty conversions and installations of their large-scale claims processing system in an 18 month period.  Mr. Weir built ECI's conversion business, which enabled ECI to be competitive with RIMS, Inc. (now a Trizetto Company).  Mr. Weir began his health care career as IT manager at Florida Health Alliance, Inc., in Jacksonville, Florida.
VP of Finance
Michael J. Emmi, MBA
Mr. Emmi joined HMA Administrators, LLC in July, 2008 and is the Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining the firm, he spent several years working with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company out of their Boston offices. Mr. Emmi has developed an industry understanding with both private and public sector companies. Mr. Emmi's specific area of expertise includes various aspects of Life Accident & Health, Property & Casualty, Individual Market, Reinsurance contracts and reporting, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations, Data Reporting & Analysis, Customer Satisfaction as well as Process Improvement & Documentation. With a personal interest in ERISA and self funded employee benefit plan administration, Mr. Emmi focuses his efforts on ensuring that the integrity of the HMA Administrators client assets are protected and reported upon accurately and timely, while yielding each client the highest allowable returns available. Mr. Emmi assists clients in determining and projecting their plan loss ratio's, analyzing and interpreting the financial results of their plan activity, as well as working closely with them to develop and forecast budgets that will meet their plan funding obligations. Mr. Emmi is responsible the billing administration and client escrow account auditing services for HMA Administrators, LLC and reviews the financial statements, internal control system evaluations, and claims funding process. Mr. Emmi's leadership and reporting experience in the reinsurance industry, diverse background and broad depth of knowledge, serves him well in his role as the VP of Finance for HMA Administrators, LLC.
Sr. Technology Services Manager
David Joaquim, MCSA
David Joaquim is the Sr Technology Service Manager for HMA Administrators, LLC (HMA Administrators).  Mr. Joaquim is responsible for the network infrastructure and system architecture for the HMA companies.  Prior to joining HMA, Mr. Joaquim worked with Medicare specializing in the auditing of provider billing patterns.  During his time with Medicare, Mr. Joaquim was able to improve many systems to increase productivity and make the Medicare healthcare administration services more secure.  Mr. Joaquim also has extensive experience with a high availability infrastructure in a 24/7 multi-network environment.  His experience will be utilized to improve the HMA systems and architecture allowing the company to continue to grow efficiently.  Mr. Joaquim also has experience with ISO 9001:2000 documentation procedures.  His detail oriented documentation will ensure that all systems will be accessible at all times.  Mr. Joaquim's in depth understanding of HIPAA regulations and PHI will serve as an asset to HMA. Mr. Joaquim is committed to maintaining a network where the confidentiality and security of client data are of the utmost importance. Mr. Joaquim is a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator with the strong desire to continue his technical education as new technology is made available.  He will focus his attention on keeping HMA up to date with solutions that will continue to improve the level of service and satisfaction for HMA customers.
Medical Management Director
Geri Farrell
Geraldine Farrell is the Medical Management Director for HMA Administrators, LLC (HMA Administrators). Ms. Farrell works closely with the Health Management Advisors Executive Management team.  Ms. Farrell's primary responsibility and focus is to maintain the company's dedication on providing quality case management, wellness management and disease management services to our clients. Prior to joining HMA Administrators Ms. Farrell was a Case Management Director for the Guardian Life Insurance Company. Since 1987 Ms Farrell has been providing services in case management, utilization review, quality assurance, ortho/neuro nursing, medical claims management, second opinion access, state mandated benefits, home health care and medical equipment supplier coordination, etc. Ms. Farrell is also experienced in accident and health, auto liability and catastrophic cases including all aspects of transplant coordination. Ms. Farrell assisted in the development of the HMA Administrators Pre-Certification and Cost/Benefit Analysis Protocols as well as the HMA Healthy Lifestyles prgoram. Ms Farrell's diverse and solid background and education provides the ideal foundation for her role at HMA Administrators.

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