Patricia M.C. Brown, Esq.President, Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC; Senior Counsel, Johns Hopkins Health SystemAreas of expertise: health care reform and managed care, health insurance programs As president of Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC, a managed care organization owned by the Johns Hopkins Health System and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Patricia Brown is responsible for the administration of all Johns Hopkins managed care products for 200,000 individuals enrolled in self-funded employer, Medicaid and Department of Defense health benefit plans. She is also responsible for integrating and coordinating managed care contracting and payer and market strategy for all Johns Hopkins Medicine entities, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Howard County General Hospital, Suburban Hospital, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. As senior counsel for the Johns Hopkins Health System, she provides legal advice in the areas of managed care and regulatory compliance.

Before joining Johns Hopkins in 1994, Ms. Brown was an assistant attorney general with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, serving as counsel to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission and the Maryland Board of Dental Examiners. She chairs the board of Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients, a consortium of health care systems committed to developing a health care information exchange in the region.

Daniel E. Ford, M.D., M.P.H.Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineAreas of expertise: health care reform and clinical researchDaniel E. Ford, is the David M. Levine Professor in the Department of Medicine and holds joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

William A. Baumgartner, M.D.Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineAreas of expertise: health care reform and phyisican practice and reimbursementThe Vincent L. Gott Professor of Cardiac Surgery, William A. Baumgartner is director of the Surgical Research Laboratory and president of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Practice Association, a group practice of over 1,700 full-time faculty members who provide medical care to patients. In this role, he is responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the clinical and administrative activities of the association. Dr. Baumgartner is co-leader of a committee that was formed to identify and prepare Johns Hopkins Medicine for the potential effects of health care reform.

Richard A. Grossi, M.B.A.Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Johns Hopkins MedicineArea of expertise: health care system financial managementAn expert in financial management and strategy; planning and operation of university- and hospital-based clinical practice; facilities design, construction, and management; and real estate syndication. Mr. Grossi has been at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 1978. He previously held senior-level financial positions in several major health care systems and hospitals, including St. Johns Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, the Medical Group at the University of Connecticut and the Medical Group at Wright State University in Ohio.

Stuart ErdmanAssistant Treasurer and Senior Director of Finance, Johns Hopkins Health SystemAreas of expertise: hospital, health care system finances, Medicare/Medicaid reporting, Health Services Cost Review Commission (Maryland) A certified public accountant, Stuart Erdman is responsible for arranging long-term capital financing cash management, and for managing the hospital rate-setting function with the Health Services Cost Review Commission and for assuring compliance with Medicare and Medicaid reporting requirements. He also serves on the Finance Committee and technical committees of the Maryland Hospital Association. In 1982, he was president of the Maryland chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association and is currently an active advanced member.

Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine