Herschel Lessin

Certified Managed Care Executive, America's Health Insurance Plans

Graduate of year-long Executive Leadership Program of America's Health Insurance Plans. Via mentoring, site visits, didactic sessions and hands on experience, the CMCE is immersed and trained in the cutting edge of managed care.

International Medical Mission Vounteer Physician

Over the past decade, I have gone on about a dozen medical mission trips providing free medical care to indigent patients and education to local physicians including trips to Vietnam, Honduras, Ghana, Guatemala, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.

Board of Directors, MVP Healthcare

MVP Healthcare is a regional not for profit health care insurance holding company comprised of multiple subsidiary corporations including MVP Health Plan, Rochester Area HMO, and multiple MVP corporations. Resulted from acquisition of Preferred Care HMO by MVP. Board is responsible for the operations of all subsidiary corporations and covers more than 650,000 lives with total
annual premium revenue of nearly $3 billion.

Founding Member and Chairman of the Taconic Independent Practice Association

TIPA contracts with managed care organizations to provide physician services to the contracted plan’s subscribers. With over 3000 physician members, TIPA is one of the larger IPA’s in the United States and provides care for over 150,000 plan subscribers.

Founding Partner, The Children's Medical Group, PLLC

A founding partner of this large group practice that resulted from the merger of Pediatric and Adolescent Associates (est.1932) and the Hudson Valley Pediatric Group (est. 1954). Through planned growth and expansion, the group now has 21 pediatricians and 3 pediatric nurse practitioners, providing care for nearly 32,000 children in eight Hudson Valley offices. The group sees about 110,000 patient visits per year and is one of the larger single specialty Pediatric groups in the USA.

Editorial Board, Practice Management Online, American Academy of Pediatrics

Makes editorial decisions on this extensive Practice Management resource for physicians hosted on the AAP website

Executive Committee, Section on Administration and Practice Management, American Academy of Pediatrics

This section is tasked with education physicians about Practice Management Issues and advising the AAP of the impact its policies have on practicing pediatricians.

Member, Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics

This national level committee is responsible for reviewing and issuing practice policies and guidelines on behalf of the AAP for US pediatricians.

Invited Speaker at Multiple Regional, State, and Local Medical Meetings, including Children's National Med. Ctr. in Wash. DC, Arizona AAP Mtg., Pediatric Guru's Meeting, Skytop, PA among many others

Speaker on various topics concerning Practice Management, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Economics, Vaccine economics, Caring for Pediatric Chronic Disease

Invited Speaker, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition 2008-current

Speaker on various topics concerning Practice Management, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Economics, Vaccine economics, Vaccine Policy, International Medical Missions, Caring for Pediatric Chronic Disease

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Children's National Medical Center Annual Practice Management Conference  Bethesda, MD

2009-10-18

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Physician Time Management, Physicians Practice Magazine Management Seminar  Maimonides Medical Center, Bronx NY

2009-05-21

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Pysicians Computer Corporation Annual Users Conference  Burlington, VT

2007-07-19

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AAP National Conference and Exhibition  2008 - 2012 Various locations (San Francisco, Boston, New Orleans, Orlando)

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13th Annual Pediatric Guru's Conference, Goryeb Childrens Hospital  Skytop Lodge, Skytop, PA

2011-06-03

ACO's and Healthcare Reform: What's a Doctor to do?

A review of the ACO concept and some things physicians might think about before joining one.

Extreme Practice Makeover: Survival in the new healthcare marketplace

A review of practice management, economics, health care policy and what to do and not to do to navigate the changing world of healthcare