Councils & Committees

Managed Care Delivery System Subcommittee of the Medical Assistance Advisory Committee

2025 Meeting Schedule

All Meetings from: 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Until further notice, all meetings of the MCDSS will be held remotely via online web access/teleconference. The links, phone numbers, access codes and other necessary information will be posted to the DHS website and distributed via listserv.

February 13, 2025

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April 10, 2025

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June 12, 2025

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September 11, 2025

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December 11, 2025

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2024 Meeting Schedule

All meetings are scheduled from 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Due to the ongoing public health emergency, until further notice, all meetings of the MCDSS will be held remotely via online web access/teleconference. The links, phone numbers, access codes and other necessary information will be posted to the DHS website and distributed via listserv.

To report an absence from a scheduled meeting, please call the Bureau of Managed Care Operations at 717-772-6300

 

February 8, 2024

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April 11, 2024

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June 13, 2024

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September 12, 2024

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December 5. 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

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Subcommittee Members

Member/AffiliationMailing Address/Phone/Fax/Email
Ellan Baumgartner 
Regulatory Affairs Manager, Amerihealth Caritas Pennsylvania/Amerihealth Northeast/Keystone First Pennsylvania — Amerihealth Caritas Family of Companies
Heather Shope
Operations Manager, Geisinger Health Plan
Joseph Glinka (CHAIR)
Director, HealthChoices, Highmark Wholecare ​ 
  • Address: Four Gateway Center, 444 Liberty Avenue, Suite 2100, Pittsburgh, PA  1522
  • Phone: (412) 255-1336
  • Fax: (412) 255-1336
  • Email: jglinka@highmarkwholecare.com
Kimberly Whetsell ​ ​ 
Senior Director of Association Services, Pennsylvania Homecare Association
Kearline Jones
Vice President, Government Relations & Compliance, Health Partners Plans
Kiziann Powell
Pennsylvania Compliance Officer, United Healthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania
  • Address: The Wanamaker Building, Suite 400, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • Phone: 215-832-4732  
  • Fax: 215-832-4701
  • Email: kiziann_powell@uhc.com
Lee Ann Moyer
Deputy Administrator Behavioral Health, Montgomery County Behavioral Health/Developmental Disabilities Department
  • Address: 1430 DeKalb Street, P.O. Box 311, Norristown,  PA   19404-0311
  • Phone: 610-292-4575 
  • Fax: 610-278-3683
  • Email: lmoyer@montcopa.org
James Sharp
Children's Division Policy Director
  • Address: 777 East Park Drive, Suite 300, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111
  • Phone: (717) 525-4097
  • Fax: (717) 364-3287
  • Email: jsharp@paproviders.org
Melissa Reisinger
Executive Director, The Tuscarora Managed Care Alliance
  • Address: 425 Franklin Farm Lane, Human Services Building, Chambersburg, PA 17202
  • Phone: (717) 709-4332
  • Fax: (717) 264-0999
  • Email: mlreisinger@co.franklin.pa.us
Deborah Wasilchak (VICE CHAIR)
Chief Government Contracts Officer, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
  • Address: One Chatham Center, Suite 700, 112 Washington Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  • Phone: (412) 395-1503
  • Fax: (412) 454-8631
  • Email: wasilchakds@ccbh.com
Jennifer Basom
Regional Manager, Medicaid, UPMC for You
  • Address: 200 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 100, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011
  • Phone: (717) 319-8691
  • Email: basomjj@upmc.edu
Rochelle Jackson
Consumer Subcommittee Representative
Jay Pagni
Interim Vice President, Government Relations/Senior Director, External Relations and Business, PA Health & Wellness/Centene
Gwendolyn Zander (EX-OFFICIO CO-CHAIR)
Bureau Director, Bureau of Managed Care Operations
  • Address: P.O. Box 2675, 6th Floor Commonwealth Tower, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
  • Phone: (717) 772-6300
  • Fax: (717) 772-6328
  • Email: gzander@pa.gov