Primary Job Title Board Advisor Primary Organization Honor
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Female
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Carol Raphael has been a director of the Company since August 2012. Carol Raphael served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), the largest nonprofit home health agency in the United States. As CEO, Carol Raphael expanded the organization's services and launched innovative models of care for
complex populations with chronic illness. Prior to joining VNSNY, Carol Raphael held executive positions at Mt. Sinai Medical Center and in New York City government. Carol Raphael was an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University in 2012. She chairs the New York eHealth Collaborative, a public-private partnership working to advance the adoption of health information technology in New York State. She is the Chair of the Long-Term Quality Alliance, Vice Chair of AARP, Senior Advisor for Manatt Health Solutions, a member of the National Quality Forum Coordinating Committee, where she chairs its Post Acute/Long-Term Care Workgroup, and is a strategic advisor to the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA).
Carol Raphael is a nationally recognized industry leader and an expert on health care policy. She has served on numerous commissions including the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council and several Institute of Medicine committees. She was a member of New York State Governor Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team. Carol Raphael was appointed by President Obama as a member of the Commission on Long-Term Care.
Carol Raphael also has served on numerous boards including those of Lifetime Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Barrier Therapeutics, Inc., Future Health, and the American Foundation for the Blind. She serves on the boards of the Primary Care Development Corporation, Pace University, and the Medicare Rights Center. She also is a member of several advisory boards including the Harvard School of Public Health's Health Policy Management Executive Council, the New York City Health and Mental Hygiene Advisory Council, and the New York City Age-Friendly Commission.
Carol Raphael has an MPA from Harvard University's Kennedy School and co-edited the book Home Based Care for a New Century. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Kings Fund in the United Kingdom, and was listed in Crain's New York Business 50 Most Powerful Women in New York City
