Staff
Amy Philbrick-Schwartz, Associate Director
Email: amy.schwartz@unh.edu
Telephone: 862-5099
Amy Philbrick-Schwartz joined the Institute in December of 2001. Amy provides management and direct consultation for several Institute projects, and also assists in overall Institute administration. Previously, she was the Vice President of Provider Network Management for the Neighborhood Health Plan, a Medicaid HMO headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. She has held several management positions for health insurance companies in provider relations, contract negotiation and cost containment. She completed her graduate degree in public health at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, with a concentration in maternal and child health and a minor in disability studies. Amy has also completed a 40-hour course in mediation for health care executives. Her specific expertise and experience is in health insurance, business management, health care finance, contract negotiation and government programs. Amy has worked on projects with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Office of Medicaid and the Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services, the New Hampshire Insurance Department and Public Health.