MEN`S CLUB / SISTERHOOD PROGRAM BREAKFAST and

MEN’S CLUB / SISTERHOOD PROGRAM BREAKFAST and DISCUSSION
Sandy Barth presents Medicare ABCs and Fraud & Abuse
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Breakfast and Registration 9:00 am Presentation 9:45 am
Dr. Sandy Barth currently serves as an educator and consultant
on health care topics and issues. He has done work for the
federal government on and frequently talks about Medicare
Fraud and Abuse to senior groups. Formerly, he served roles in
third party payment, healthcare administration and delivery,
and university level education.
Dr. Barth has over 40 years of experience in health care delivery
and financing. His analysis of employer, provider, and payer
markets in the late 1970s to mid1980s resulted in publication
of his predictive model on the health financing changes that
now define today’s market. He is the founder and managing
director of SMB Strategic Health System Solutions, a private
educational and research initiative.
Dr. Barth has served consultative roles for Johns Hopkins University Health System, The
Hispanic Physicians Network, the Northern Virginia Health Care Purchasing Alliance, Sara Lee
Corporation, Parker-Hannifin, Campbell Soup, PECO Energy, and the Chattanooga and
Memphis Business Coalitions on Health; as well as managerial roles for the Mid-Atlantic
Medicare Market for Aetna Insurance Co., Independence Blue Cross/Keystone Health Plan
East, and AmeriHealth. He was Partner and Managing Director of the CBIZ Strategic and Health
Care Solutions Group.
Dr. Barth currently serves as adjunct faculty for the Health Policy Program at Thomas
Jefferson’s Program in Health Care Administration. He teaches courses on The Evolution and
Structure of Health Care in the United States, Health Insurance and Financing, and Health Care
Economic Policy, Dr. Barth holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics, a Master of Arts
in Health Care Administration, and a Doctorate in Health Policy. He is widely published and a
frequent speaker at meetings on health issues. He has served on the Advisory Board of the
National Managed Health Care Congress and American Society of Quality Control. He has been
an appointed member of the Pennsylvania Economy League Task Force on Health.
Dr. Barth’s areas of research interest include health system reform and process improvement,
relational assessments of health care financing and delivery, and Medicare Fraud and Abuse
issues.