Former Aetna Executive, Nancy Cocozza, Joins Real Time Medical Systems as New Senior Health Plan Advisor

A highly esteemed leader within the healthcare industry, Cocozza will help advance Real Time solutions to the payer market, to drive better care and reduce costs

BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ACO—Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading and KLAS Rated interventional analytics solution which uses real-time post-acute EHR data to consistently reduce hospital admissions by 30-70%, is excited to welcome Nancy Cocozza to its team as the Senior Health Plan Advisor. In her role, Cocozza will collaborate with Real Time’s Executive Team on advancing product enhancements and help develop and expand Real Time’s current solutions to payers. These solutions will enable payers to work more collaboratively with their post-acute network to achieve value-based initiatives.

Utilized by over 1,100 healthcare organizations nationwide, Real Time received an astonishing 100% customer satisfaction score among nursing payer and hospital customers in a recent KLAS report. The solution, which reduces nursing home staff workload has been adopted by ACOs, payers, and health systems to produce a truly unique ability to improve care and reduce admissions by 30-70%.

“I am excited to join Real Time during this period of value-based care acceleration across all healthcare settings. Post-acute spending is a significant component of the health care dollar, and there remains a sizable opportunity for health plans, ACO’s and risk-bearing provider groups to realize the opportunity that the post-acute setting brings in achieving value-based initiatives and care outcomes,” states Cocozza. “I look forward to contributing to Real Time’s continued collaboration towards an avenue of customers across the payer market and improving how care is delivered within post-acute settings, by delivering an effective, managed care tool with meaningful and actionable alerts that nursing facilities can really benefit from and, that really hasn’t existed up until now.”

With over 30 years of considerable healthcare knowledge, Cocozza has held a multitude of leadership positions amongst respected healthcare companies and possesses deep insight into the evolution of business complexities and payer operations. Beginning her healthcare career with US Healthcare, Cocozza swiftly rose to executive leadership positions at prominent health plan organizations where she served more than 4 million Medicare members nationwide through a robust portfolio of Medicare Advantage plans, prescription drug plans, and Medicare Supplement plans. During her most recent role as the Head of Medicare, Senior Vice President with Aetna, she led the business to outperform industry growth trends each year and achieved the highest % of members in 4 and 4+ star rated plans in the last 4 of 5 years of her tenure.

“We are very pleased to have Nancy join the Real Time team and to draw upon her expertise within the health plan market,” states Joan Neuscheler, Chief Executive Officer at Real Time. “Her extensive knowledge and experience within leading healthcare organizations will be a significant asset as we continue to evolve our ability in bridging the gap amongst post-acute care providers, while continuing our efforts in enhancing value-based care initiatives across the post-acute continuum.”

Cocozza currently serves as a board member for Privia Health Group and Wider Circle, as well as multiple advisor and corporate boards focused on healthcare accessibility and equity, for our nation’s vulnerable, older Americans.

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