Beth Pennel
Senior Consultant

Beth Pennell brings twenty years of experience in Managed Care Operations to the Gorman Health Group.  Her extensive knowledge covers Medicare Enrollment and Disenrollment, Medicare Compliance, Appeals and Grievances, Provider Services, Customer Services, Claims Processing and Provider Contracting.

Since joining the Gorman Health Group, Ms. Pennell has used her expertise in enrollment and disenrollment to develop policy and procedure templates and has served on (COMPASS™) CMS Mock Audits.  Beth has also been an interim Operations manager. 

Most recently, Ms. Pennell was the Director of Medicare Operations for Health Choice of Arizona.  She also served as the Manager of the Medicare Enrollment/Disenrollment, Customer Service and Medicare Compliance Departments at HealthNet of Arizona.  At HealthNet she successfully mentored a highly knowledgeable staff and developed processes that led HealthNet of Arizona’s Enrollment Department to a compliance rating of 100% in less than six months time.

Beth, her daughter and their Champion Parson Russell Terriers currently live in Tucson, Arizona.

CMS Publishes Final 2009 MA Capitation Rates and Part D Payment Policies; CMS Will Conduct Plan Level Audits and Not Make Coding Intensity Adjustments for 2009, 04.10.08
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The Medicare Outlook: Keys to Success in the New Senior Market, Munich Re America HealthCare Newsletter, 11.01.07
 
Protecting Beneficiaries: Improving & Monitoring Medicare Marketing Practices - AHIP, 05.07
Hard Sell Cited as Insurers Push Plans to Elderly, New York Times, 05.07.07
Advantage Plan's Risk- Wall Street Journal, 04.22.07
Power Shift in Congress Revives Health Debate - New York Times, 01.02.07
 

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