Rafael Gonzalez

Florida State University, Juris Doctorate, 1990

University of Florida, Bachelor of Science, 1987

· Responsible for $250 million in medicare/medicaid savings for auto, liability, no-fault, work comp payers;

· Oversaw $2.5 billion in medicare set aside allocations approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;

· Guided $25 billion in auto, medical malpractice, products liability, nursing home, work comp settlement funds.

· Over 35 years of experience in work comp claims handling, litigation, and resolution;

· Deep technical expertise in social security retirement, survivor, disability, supplemental benefits; 

· Industry leading skills in medicare, advantage/prescription plans, secondary payer compliance;

· Superior knowledge of medicaid, state managed care, third party liens, special needs trusts;

· Effective and analytical written advocacy thru over 500 published articles, blogs, papers;

· Strong communications skills honed by presenting at over 600 CE/CLE seminars and conferences;

· Exceptional ability to establish/maintain client relationships, with over 5,000 corporate clients.

· Maintain ownership and responsibility for product development, operational management, legal and compliance mandates, services distribution, marketing strategy, sales/client relationships, and financial goals;

· Lead multi-disciplinary teams to meet organizational needs and customer expectations, including coaching and mentoring high performing and integrated teams driven by execution and results;

· Manage constructive relationships with business partners, customers, to ensure that sound customer service practices are measured for delivery of all products, services and support;

· Direct government affairs and relations executive teams, including state and federal legislative, regulatory, and policy advocacy directors, legal compliance experts, and risk management analysts;

· Serve as an agile, cross-functional, boots on the ground executive leader, responsible for guiding cohesive strategy definition, market expansion, consistent execution, and measured results;

· Develop a comprehensive strategy on products and services that meet clients' needs, and produce marketing campaign that spans all purchased media engines, as well as all social media outlets;

· Monitor studies, research, legislation, regulation, and case law to produce written materials also used to present materials in understandable and entertaining fashion for current and potential clients.

· President, Optum Work Comp and Auto No-Fault Settlement Solutions;

· President, Flagship Services Group;

· Vice-President, Helios Settlement Solutions;

· Executive Director, National Institute for Medicare and Medicaid Education;

· Vice President, Gould & Lamb;

· Executive Director, Medicare and Medicaid Institute;

· Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Medicare Set Aside Administration;

· Corporate Counsel, FCCI Insurance Group;

· Managing Partner, Barrs, Williamson, Stolberg, Townsend & Gonzalez.

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