David Finkel

AmeriHealth Caritas, a national leader in Medicaid managed care and other health care solutions for those most in need, recently announced it has appointed David Finkel as Executive Vice President, Specialty Products and Services and Strategic Business Operations.

An accomplished health care executive with more than 30 years of experience with payers, providers, and technology companies, Finkel will oversee AmeriHealth Caritas’ non-Medicaid businesses which include PerformCare® managed behavioral health, PerformRxSM pharmacy benefit management, AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Plans Medicare products, and AmeriHealth Caritas NextSM, an ACA Marketplace offering. He will also lead the company’s enterprise operations and network management areas.

Finkel joins AmeriHealth Caritas from Genomic Life, where he served as the chief operating officer. He previously held executive leadership roles at CareSource and MedStar Health Plans. At the former, he was charged with improving coordination and quality across five CareSource health plan markets and six products. He also served in several executive roles at Coventry Health Care and Anthem.

Finkel holds a B.A. degree in community health from the University of Rochester and an M.B.A. degree in health care administration from Baruch College and Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine.