Marketplace Advisory Committee

NY State of Health, the official health plan Marketplace of New York State, authorized by the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, was established in April 2012 by Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 42, and codified in Article 2, Title VII of the NY Public Health Law in 2019.  The establishment of a “Marketplace Advisory Committee” was included as part of this authorization. 
 

§268-f. Marketplace Advisory Committee
 
  1. There is hereby created the Marketplace Advisory Committee, which shall consider and advise the department and commissioner on matters concerning the provision of health care coverage through the NY State of Health or Health Plan Marketplace.
     
  2. The Marketplace Advisory Committee shall be composed of up to twenty-eight members consisting of twenty-four members appointed by the commissioner, two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, and two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate. The advisory committee shall at all times be representative of each geographic area of the state and include:
     
    1. representatives from the following categories, but not more than six from any single category:
      1. health plan consumer advocates;
      2. small business consumer representatives;
      3. health care provider representatives;
      4. representatives of the health insurance industry.
         
    2. representatives from the following categories, but not more than two from either category:
      1. licensed insurance producers;
      2. representatives of labor organizations.
         
  3. The commissioner shall select the chair of the advisory committee from among the members of such committee and shall designate an officer or employee of the department to assist the marketplace advisory committee in the performance of its duties under this section. The Marketplace shall adopt rules for the governance of the advisory committee, which shall meet as frequently as its business may require and at such other times as determined by the chair to be necessary, in consultation with the executive director of the Marketplace.
     
  4. Members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation for their services as members, but each shall be allowed the necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties under this section.
     

Marketplace Advisory Committee Members

Jeffrey M. AlbumHealth Insurance IndustryVice President, Public & Government Affairs
Delta Dental
Maha AttiehConsumer AdvocateHealth Program Manager, NYSOH Navigator
Arab-American Family Support Center
Elisabeth R. BenjaminConsumer AdvocateVP of Health Initiatives
Community Service Society
John J. CoppolaHealth Care ProviderExecutive Director, 
NYS Assn of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers
Rosa (Rose) DiVigilioLicensed Insurance ProducersBroker, DiVirgilio Benefit Resources
Sean M. DoolanHealth Insurance IndustryPartner, Hinman Straub
Rose B. DuhanHealth Care ProviderPresident and CEO
Community Health Care Association of New York State 
Anthony J. FioriHealth Insurance IndustrySenior Managing Director
Manatt Health / Public Health Plan Coalition
Amanda M. GallipeauConsumer AdvocateHealth Law Manager, Empire Justice Center
Jeffrey S. GoldHealth Care ProviderSenior VP and Special Counsel, 
Healthcare Association of New York State
Payam Goudarzi, DDSHealthcare ProviderPresident, NYS Dental Association

Thomas J. Grech
Small BusinessPresident, Queens Chamber of Commerce
Karen M. IgnagniHealth Insurance IndustryPresident and CEO, Emblem Health
Eric LinzerHealth Insurance IndustryPresident and CEO, Health Plan Association
Bonnie L. Litvack, MDHealthcare ProviderPresident, Medical Society of the State of New York 
Helen SchaubLaborVP, NYS Director of Policy & Legislation, 1199
Emily LeishHealth Care ProviderSr VP Health Finance & Managed Care
Greater New York Hospital Association
Pat WangHealth Insurance IndustryPresident and CEO, Health First
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