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- 1. Patricia Wolf 480 Seabreeze Walk, Breezy Point, NY 11697 Cell: (646) 207-8997 patreewolf@gmail.com EDUCATION Master of Public Health, May 1983, Columbia University, New York City, NY Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, May 1977, Fordham University, Bronx, NY EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Healthways, 2006-2015 Nashville, TN Senior Designer, Well-Being Improvement Solutions Group Health Integrated, 2005- 2006 Tampa, FL Consultant, Health Management/Chronic Illness Management Program Indian Institute for Health Management Research (IIHMR), 2003-05 Jaipur, India Associate Professor, Researcher, Educator Administrator, Gender Health Resource Center Blue Cross of California, WellPoint Health Networks, 1997-02, Woodland Hills, CA Manager, Health Management Programs Health Management Programs Prudential Health Care, 1995-97, Woodland Hills, CA National Manager, Health Management Programs Regional Director, Health and Wellness Programs, Western Group Operations Friendly Hills HealthCare Network, 1992-95, La Habra, CA Manager, Community Health Education Department Internal Consultant/Health Educator Kaiser Permanente, 1988-92, Los Angeles, CA Acting Department Administrator Health Education Specialist Professional Development Specialist/Trainer/Internal Consultant Brotman Medical Center, 1986-88, Culver City, CA Management Development Coordinator Brooklyn Training Center, 1983-86, Brooklyn, New York Administrator Instructional Designer/Trainer
- 2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Domestic Health Management Products and Programs Healthways Assisted in the development of a health and wellness product pipeline focusing on health and well-being. Include Web Portals, Silver Sneakers, QuitNet, Healthy Lifestyle Coaching, as well as others. ($30M in annual revenues) Lead product discovery and design of multi-pronged well-being and health lifestyle coaching products with multiple delivery channels that include portal design, on-line coaching and call center activities. In addition to design activities included the development and approval of a business case for the product o Outcome Example: At 6 months, the outcome patterns for the two target behaviors (exercise and stress outperformed controls on exercise (57.4% vs. 46.6% vs. 37.3%) and stress (74.9% vs. 64.7% vs. 53.1%) Also, both treatment groups had significant improvements in five domains of well- being (n=1400). Lead discovery activities for a Proactive Health Consumer Product which included analysis of: markets, product positioning, marketing delivery channels, cost/benefit and internal/external communications needs. Forged a relationship with Jim Prochaska, PhD and his company, Pro-Change Health Behavior Systems to develop innovative behavior change strategies for product formulation. Integral part of the Sales and Account Teams to analyze customer needs and position products based on analysis of relevant customer data. WellPoint Led all activities associated with the creation and development of a Disease Management (DM) product pipeline for Wellpoint Health Networks in California at a time when DM was an array of quality improvement activities for the health plan. Partnered with the Senior Vice President of Pharmaceuticals at Wellpoint to position these beta products to pharma companies for funding within the health/pharma industries to provide seed funding for the products to be developed, tested and delivered. Continued to develop products and for pharma companies, ultimately developed medication compliance products for them as a revenue stream within the DM products (in 4 years-$7M). Because of the success of product outcomes (utilization reduction), the Wellpoint organization decided to invest $10M to develop DM products and develop product capabilities and grow the products customer base -Outcomes include, but not limited to, a 5:1 ROI. Shared responsibility for P & L with Wellpoints Account Teams and Business Unit Leaders for: the key strategic objectives within the DM product portfolio. These objectives included the achievement of revenue, growth and profitability, and strategy and market positioning consistent with the overall organizations strategy. Developed funding mechanisms in collaboration with pharma companies for health management initiatives resulting in the ability to initiate programs, prove effectiveness and effectuate outcomes ultimately resulting in the health plan's internal financial commitment of 10M towards disease management efforts. Prudential Health Care C.V. Patricia Wolf Page 2 of 3 (646) 207-8997
- 3. Developed a national hypertension disease state management program for a major health plan focused on medication adherence; some activities included: proposal formulation, fund-raising, population identification, intervention design, and outcome development. * Created a regional health and wellness program for a major health plans 1,000,000 members; some activities included: benchmarking analysis, business plan development and approval, cost/benefit analysis, and budget. Friendly Hills Healthcare Network * Directed the activities of a community health education department in a large managed care environment. Some of these activities included: community-wide needs assessment; grant writing; program and staff development; collaborative ventures within the community; special events (i.e. Aids Awareness Day attended by 700 staff members). Addressed the needs of community members with Diabetes by outreach and training in nutrition and self monitoring blood glucose. * Directed the activities of health and wellness departments in provider and health plan settings. Some activities included: managing a staff of five health educators and support personnel, on- going assessment/evaluation, program development and budget activities. Programs demonstrated significant cost savings in utilization while maintaining high patient satisfaction * Directed an internship program for health education graduate students. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Honors: Doctoral Ethics Course (1996) University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Honors Master Thesis (1983) Columbia University, NYC, New York Brookdale Institute Fellowship, Columbia University, (1983) Competitive award based on selected research proposals; awarded proposal led to Honors Masters Thesis. Community Planning Board Member, New York, (1985-6) Appointed by the Borough President (2.5 million constituencies); responsibilities included: community representation at board meeting and voting power on city zoning variances. C.V. Patricia Wolf Page 3 of 3 (646) 207-8997