Thomas McAteer
Tom McAteer serves as a Senior Vice-President and Regional Market
Head for Aetna Better Health, Aetna’s Medicaid Division. He is
responsible for the East Region and he has led an expansion that
started with a health plan in Delaware and now includes plans in
Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Florida. The region has grown by over
200% under Tom’s direction. The Medicaid Division came with Aetna’s
acquisition of Schaller Anderson, a nationally recognized leader in
the health care industry with over $3.2 billion in spending at risk
or under management.
Prior to joining Schaller Anderson, Tom served as the President
and CEO of Vytra Health Plans. In a thirteen year career at Vytra,
Tom played an executive leadership role in growing the plan from
annual revenues of $70 million in 1993 to over $375 million in 2005.
As CEO he led efforts that returned the plan to consistent
profitability while gaining NCQA (National Committee on Quality
Assurance) and URAC (Utilization Review Accreditation Committee) and
developing a national reputation for best in class customer service.