Executive Committee
Christopher A. Long
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Robert Slepin
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Joseph L. Donato, SPHR
Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration
Mary Jane Osmick M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director
Christopher A. Long
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Mr. Long is Executive Vice President and General Manager at LifeMasters in which he is accountable for directing the company's business delivery operations. This includes the enrollment processes as well as the telephonic and field service health coaching operations. Mr. Long is responsible for ensuring LifeMasters meets its client commitments.
Mr. Long brings with him extensive experience in healthcare and healthcare operations. Most recently Mr. Long served as Senior Director of Operations at Blue Shield of California where he was responsible for oversight of call centers, data entry processes, print and fulfillment operations and new client benefit configuration. In addition, he was responsible for the development of Blue Shield of California's Business Processing Outsourcing strategy. He also held roles in Blue Shield of California's eBusiness department. Before that, Mr. Long served as Director of Business Development for a healthcare internet startup. He also spent seven years consulting to the healthcare industry assisting hospital and physician-group clients with strategic planning and business development as a member of Medimetrix Consulting.
Mr. Long received his bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems and Production Operations Management from Virginia Tech. He is an International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) Certified Outsourcing Professional and serves on IAOP's Membership Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board of LiveWork, a Business Process Outsourcing marketplace.
Robert Slepin
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
In his role as Chief Information Officer, Mr. Slepin is accountable for information technology strategy and processes, including client-related IT implementation and support services; software, database, and reporting development; security; and technology infrastructure. He focuses on providing data, technologies, and services that enable the development and delivery of scalable and cost effective program offerings that are evidence-based, result in better health outcomes, meet the needs of program participants and their physicians, and demonstrate value to clients.
Mr. Slepin brings to LifeMasters 26 years of experience in information technology and extensive experience managing IT strategy and operations for health plans, hospitals and medical groups. Previously at Perot Systems, Mr. Slepin was the Client Executive for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (Palo Alto, California), one of the nation's best children's hospitals, where he led the account team in completing the transition of outsourced IT services to Perot, implementing an independent network infrastructure, and consolidating data center assets. Prior to working at Perot, Mr. Slepin served as Chief Information Officer for WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (Tampa, Florida), where he contributed to the highly successful operational turnaround and initial public offering of the company and established a scalable IT infrastructure supporting WellCare's rapid growth into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. He also formerly served as Vice President, Computer Operations for Deltanet, Inc. (Rancho Cordova, California), an IT affiliate of Delta Dental of California, the nation's premier dental insurance company with 20 million+ enrollees; and he held several leadership positions in the central region of Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.), including Vice President of Information Systems/Chief Information Officer, Sacramento/Yolo Community Service Area IT director, and IT Director for Omni Healthcare.
Mr. Slepin received his bachelor's degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Mr. Slepin formerly served on the board of the Northern California Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and was a founding member of the HFMA National Managed Care Forum Advisory Council.
Joseph L. Donato, SPHR
Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration
Joseph L. Donato is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at LifeMasters. In this role, Mr. Donato is responsible for strategic planning, recruitment, and policy and procedure development. Mr. Donato manages legal compliance, multistate operations, benefit and compensation administration, training, and organizational development. He is also responsible for employee relations, payroll, and human resource management systems. Mr. Donato has more than 25 years of human resource management experience and approximately 12 years of experience in the healthcare industry, both in the public and private sectors. He served as director of human resources for Magellan Behavioral Care (formerly American Biodyne, Inc.). Mr. Donato received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from University of Indianapolis and is certified as a senior professional in human resources by the Certification Institute of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Mary Jane Osmick M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director
Dr. Mary Jane Osmick is Vice President and Medical Director for LifeMasters Supported SelfCare Inc. in Irvine California, leading the clinical product team in the design, implementation and improvement of the company's clinical programs. As part of her role, Dr. Osmick collaborates directly with senior leadership, operations, quality management, analytics, and technology staff to assure that LifeMasters programs are designed and implemented according to evidence-based guidelines, focusing on appropriate clinical outcomes, and supporting patients and nurses in a proactive coaching environment.
Prior to coming to LifeMasters, Dr. Osmick served as President of a start-up healthcare technology company that leveraged e-learning, game theory, and game engines to produce online healthcare improvement applications. In addition, she served as the National Medical Director of Disease Management and Health Promotion for CIGNA Health Plan in Philadelphia.
Prior to that, Dr. Osmick worked for Crozer Keystone Health System for 14 years, initially as a practicing general internist with a focus on geriatrics, then as Medical Director for Quality Management and Case Management/Utilization Management, followed by Chief Medical Director for the employed physician group, and finally as Chief Medical Officer for a Medicare Plus Choices Demonstration Program. At Crozer Keystone, Dr. Osmick led a six-year initiative to develop and implement provider-sponsored disease management programs focusing on asthma, diabetes, heart failure, coronary artery disease, and frail senior programs. She authored a book on the topic of Disease Management in 1999.
Dr. Osmick holds a medical degree from Temple University Health Sciences Center in Philadelphia and bachelors of Music Education from the University of Delaware. She received her internal medicine training at Graduate Hospital, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Osmick is board-certified in internal medicine and practiced in this field from 1984 until 2003. She also served as an Internal Medicine consultant for a geriatric assessment team from 2001 to 2003.