About Jorge

Jorge has nearly 29 years of experience in healthcare and employee benefits consulting, plus 9 years directly supporting life science organizations with employer channel strategies while with Precision. He began his career as an operations manager for 2 separate Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Maintenance Organizations in the mid-Atlantic region.

As a benefit consultant and practice leader with some of the largest consulting firms, his client list included multinational corporations, state governments, business coalitions, and life science organizations.   At Precision, Jorge’s primary role is to assist life science companies and others to navigate and leverage opportunities in the changing US commercial insurance market. His expertise is in strategic planning, identifying and creating powerful market alliances, benefit plan design, health plan/PBM negotiations, direct provider/employer pricing/discount analyses as well as population health/wellness programs. He has driven numerous collaborations and partnerships between life science organizations and major employers, business coalitions, as well as with national associations focused on healthcare quality such as NCQA. His assignments have ranged from employer channel strategy and tactics development, field staff training, publication of numerous "above-brand" thought leadership pieces on HDHPs, exclusionary formularies,  PBM model disruption, and value-based reimbursement.

EDUCATION:
BA, Wake Forest University
MPH, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Administrative internship, the George Washington University health plan

MEMBERSHIPS:
Board of the Southwest Benefits Association (past president)