IPRO’s staff of more than 350 professionals includes physicians, registered nurses, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, data analysts, medical record reviewers, health policy experts, programmers, systems analysts, web technology experts, and marketing/communications specialists. IPRO also retains a network of more than 300 board-certified physician consultants.
Theodore O. Will serves as the Chief Executive Officer of IPRO, one of the largest healthcare evaluation organizations in the country. Mr. Will has been involved in the management of healthcare evaluation operations and establishing quality improvement initiatives for more than 30 years.
As Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of IPRO, Dr. Clare Bradley supervises the organization’s quality improvement, managed care, and end-stage renal disease departments. She is also responsible for managing and coordinating the medical operations and policies of the organization.
Dr. Edison Machado is a doctor of internal medicine with more than a decade of experience as a healthcare performance measurement and improvement executive. He serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer for IPRO. In this capacity, Dr. Machado leads IPRO’s Solutions Group which includes corporate strategy, business development, proposal solutions, corporate quality management, and communications solutions.
An accomplished professional with a track record of enabling data-driven decision making, Mr. Jenich is focused on increasing the sophistication and efficiency of the analytic services that IPRO provides to its customers, and with turning analytic insights into sound advice.
Alan Woghin, IPRO’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has dedicated the last 25 years serving the healthcare/not-for-profit community. For the eight years prior to joining IPRO, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of The Institute for Family Health, a Federal Qualified Health Center with an operating budget of approximately $130 million.
As IPRO’s Chief Information Officer/Security Officer, Mr. Alfieri is responsible for the overall management, operation, and enhancement of IPRO’s technology infrastructure required to meet Federal, State and corporate contractual obligations.
Susan Caponi, CEO of IPRO’s End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network Program, is a distinguished registered nurse and healthcare executive with over 35 years of experience. For the past 18 years, she has dedicated her career to ensuring that individuals with end-stage renal disease receive timely, equitable, and high-quality care. As CEO, Ms. Caponi provides strategic leadership and executive oversight for the four IPRO ESRD Networks that comprise the IPRO ESRD Network Program. She manages a $20 million budget and has been a driving force behind the program's significant growth since its inception in 2006.
Dr. Patricia Gagliano is an Internal Medicine physician and a member of IPRO’s leadership team. In her role as Vice President of IPRO’s Healthcare Quality Improvement Department, she is responsible for leading efforts to drive greater connectivity and coordination across all settings to transform healthcare delivery for healthcare consumers.
Ms. Hill oversees all managed care measurement and performance improvement activities at IPRO, including clinical studies, case review, audit and validation services, and satisfaction surveys. As Vice President, Managed Care, she currently manages IPRO’s external quality review contracts in Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Rhode Island, and Nebraska, and Medicare managed care projects.
Dr. Matthew Roberts is the Vice President - Chief Technology Officer at IPRO. In this role, he oversees new and emerging technology solutions, product launches, and health informatics.
Dr. Jennifer Edwards is Vice President in IPRO’s Strategy Solutions Department where she is engaged in business development activities focusing on state clients. She simultaneously leads a multidisciplinary team in support of state health care quality measurement, improvement, and reporting. She is also Director of the Center for Program Evaluation.
Tierre Jeanné-Porter, a seasoned administrator with more than 30 years of operational experience in both the government and non-profit sectors, began working with IPRO in 2000. Prior to that, she worked for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as the Region 2 Deputy Regional Administrator and for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in various managerial roles.
Sara Butterfield serves as the Assistant Vice President of the Health Care Quality Improvement Program. Under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) contract she serves as the Program Director for New York and New Jersey.
Wendy Ferguson, Vice President, Federal and State Healthcare Assessment, provides oversight for New York State Medicaid healthcare provider compliance monitoring and quality improvement activities. She also oversees IPRO’s federal Independent Review Organization (IDR) activities.
Nikolas Matthes, Assistant Vice President, Data & Analytics, has more than 20 years of experience in health care performance measurement. He led multi-disciplinary teams to develop clinical measurement, benchmarking, and analytics solutions and clinical quality measures across a multitude of care settings in state, federal, and private sectors, both in the United States and internationally.
Dana Green Bennett, MPH, is a Vice President in IPRO's Managed Care Department. She is a quality improvement specialist with proficiency in Medicaid healthcare data analysis and reporting and in EQR management. Ms. Bennett oversees several IPRO EQR contracts and is a subject matter expert in provider network adequacy and EQR technical report production.
Across nearly 100 state and federal programs in 32 states, IPRO makes creative use of clinical expertise, emerging technology, and data solutions to make the healthcare system work better.
HEADQUARTERS:
1979 Marcus Avenue
Lake Success, NY 11042-1072
Phone: 516-326-7767
Toll Free: 800-852-3685
Fax: 516-328-2310
TTY: 800-662-1220 or 711
