ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield on Thursday named Dr. Martin Stallone executive VP, chief healthcare services officer of Excellus and its parent company, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies. He will start his new role on Dec. 1. Excellus is Central New York’s largest health insurer. Stallone is currently CEO of Centralus Health, a health-care system […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield on Thursday named Dr. Martin Stallone executive VP, chief healthcare services officer of Excellus and its parent company, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies.
He will start his new role on Dec. 1. Excellus is Central New York’s largest health insurer.
Stallone is currently CEO of Centralus Health, a health-care system formed through the affiliation of Cayuga Health of Ithaca and Arnot Health in Elmira. It includes five hospitals serving communities across New York’s Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and Central New York regions.
In addition to his role as CEO of Centralus Health, Stallone served in a variety of leadership positions during his 17 years at Cayuga Health.
In his new position, Stallone will oversee Excellus BlueCross BlueShield’s health care-related functions including pharmacy services, provider network, quality programs, and medical services including member-care management. He’ll also oversee efforts to “more closely align” providers, insurers, and other health-care partners.
“As a local, nonprofit health plan, we increasingly partner with hospital systems and provider practices to help improve community health while tackling the growing challenge of rising healthcare costs,” Jim Reed, CEO and president of The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, said in the announcement. “We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Stallone to our team … His clinical leadership in health care delivery, combined with his understanding of our regional health systems, will help us drive innovation and deepen our provider partnerships to better serve our communities in Central New York and throughout upstate New York.”
