About Us

Kurt Kozin is one of the founders and Co-Chief Executive Officer for National Healthcare Payer Networks ("NHPN"), a leading Provider advocacy company. Mr. Kozin in a leadership role is responsible for developing and driving the company's 'go-to-market' strategy and building and enhancing customer relationships. Prior to founding NHPN, Mr. Kozin was Vice President Business Management at AmerisourceBergen a fortune 27 companies. Prior to that was an executive of two nationally prominent Preferred Provider Organization MultiPlan and Independent Medical Systems in which he served in leadership roles in strategic planning, product management, marketing and sales. Mr. Kozin is a graduate of West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Ian Michel is one of the founders and Co-Chief Executive Officer of NHPN, a company that has become one of the leading change agents in the Healthcare Industry. NPHN maximizes non-governmental reimbursements for healthcare providers by affecting Managed Care, Intake, Billing, Collections & Appeals through a combination of consulting & continuous services. A habitual entrepreneur with extensive experience in multiple areas from his start-up companies to being responsible for the operations and sales of a division within a Fortune 500 company. Financial experience comes from raising seed and early stage private equity for individual companies and from being the managing partner for two early stage venture funds. Prior to founding NHPN in June 2005, Ian was also a founder and the Managing Principal of Source Services, LLC an investment and business consulting company for the healthcare industry. There he spent over 5 years developing profitable relationships for his clients and Source with healthcare providers nationally. Ian is a graduate of George Washington University in Washington D.C.

Michael Forese, President and Chief Operating Officer joined NHPN from MP Consulting, a consulting company designed to assist start-up healthcare businesses in developing profitable operating models and securing financing where he served as President. From 2004 to 2009 he served as Vice President, Finance and Administration at CardioNet Inc., a wireless monitoring company where he drove the company to profitability, secured financing for company growth and led the company to a successful IPO and Secondary offering in 2008. From 2003 to 2004 he was employed by CRT Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company where he served as Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Forese served as CFO and Treasurer of Research Pharmaceuticals Services, Inc. a high growth start up contract organization. He also served in senior financial and operating roles in companies such as IBAH Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (acquired by Omnicare in 1998), a publicly traded pharmaceutical care company and PARAXEL International Corporation, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical service provider. Early in his career he spent 11 years at ICI, a chemical and pharmaceutical producer including a stint as Controller for international operations based in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Forese received an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from Drexel University.

Gregg Leff, Senior Vice President recently served as Chief Operating Officer of the MedAssets Revenue Cycle Services Division. In this role, Gregg had general oversight of the daily operations including Accounts Receivable Services and Managed Care Services. Previously, Gregg served as Senior Vice President of Managed Care Services for MedAssets and was responsible for business development, managed care audit services, and contract consulting activities. Gregg has held several senior management roles across a spectrum of healthcare organizations including Vice President of Hospital Strategy of MagnaCare, Vice President of Network Development of NPPN, and Director of Strategic Planning of Universal American Financial where he was actively involved in the design and rollout of specialty managed care products. Gregg began his professional career at Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals where he worked on the sales and marketing team and focused on managed care programs. Gregg earned his B.S. from Cornell University and his M.B.A. from New York University. While completing his graduate degree at NYU, he was selected to participate in Cigna HealthCare's Manager Development Program.

David Garber, Senior Vice President of Managed Care. Dave is a an experienced managed care executive with over 18 years experience in contract negotiations and development, medical cost management, provider network development and financial management. Dave is responsible for leading and managing the managed care consulting business unit which develops managed care strategies for hospitals and hospital owned provider organizations. Dave’s extensive experience in the managed care industry includes leadership roles within large and regional Managed Care organizations. Prior to joining NHPN, Dave was Director of Provider Relations for CompServices, Inc. (an Independence Blue Cross Company) where he was responsible for provider contracting, operations and re-pricing. Previously Dave served as Vice President, New Market Development for Coventry Health Care where he developed and implemented strategies for contracting with multiple new provider networks and managing all new health plan operations on a national basis. Dave has held several senior managed care positions including leadership roles with various organizations including QualMed Plans for Health (Health Net), CCN Provider Networks, Elder Health HMO (Bravo) and Keystone Health Plan East (an Independence Blue Cross company). Dave is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA.

Victoria Conboy, Vice President of Claims Operations for National Healthcare Payer Networks ("NHPN"), a leading Provider advocacy company. Mrs. Conboy in a leadership role is responsible for developing and driving the company's claims management programs. A key member of management Victoria establishes departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures to increase operational efficiency of our clients. Prior to joining NHPN Victoria was Vice President of Operations for Cambridge Integrated Services Group Inc, a subsidiary of AON Corporation, where she was responsible for ensuring operational efficiencies. Also, Victoria held Senior Management positions for major Insurance carriers like New York Life, NYLCare (SANUS/Ethix Mid-Atlantic) & Baltimore Life in addition to holding Senior Management positions in major Third Party Administrators including EBP HealthPlans, CoreSource, Aon Select and Comprehensive Benefits. In these positions, she oversaw the administration sections of the companies which included plan design, account management, legal amendments, HIPAA & Cobra compliance, billing and eligibility and funding aspects for the plans. In addition her vendor relationship responsibilities, includes contracting and implementing the vendors who deliver the highest level of products and services to the clients. Vendor interactions includes RX (PCS, Caremark, PaidRx,), PPO’s (First Health , Aetna, Affordable) , Managed Care organization (directly or passively) and many levels of insurance carriers and reinsurance carriers. Possessing over 27 years in the Insurance Industry and 22 of those years in health and benefit plans, her background includes broad knowledge of Employee Benefits, Claims Processing, Reinsurance, COBRA, HIPAA, and FSA/HRA. Victoria handled DOL inquires and was appointed the AON 30B6 design of all legal matters.