Elaine Elizabeth Batchelor, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Medical Officer, The West, Prudential Health Care Plan
About
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE October, 1995 to Present: Chief Medical Officer for The West, Prudential Health Care Plan.
Responsible for health care management programs in California, Colorado, Utah and Arizona.
April, 1993 to Present: Medical Director, Prucare of Southern California.
Responsible for management of the plan's quality improvement, utilization management and network management programs. Represent health services in sales, marketing and account management for employer clients.
November 1, 1992 - April, 1993: Service Area Medical Director, Cigna Healthplan of California.
Responsible for management of four multispecialty, ambulatory health care centers in the staff model HMO with a staff of 265 employees, including physicians and other support staff, and serving a patient population of 55,000.
May, 1991 - October, 1992: Chief of Staff, North Hollywood Health Care Center, Cigna Healthplan of California.
Responsible for management of a multispecialty, ambulatory health care center in the staff model HMO with a staff of 160 employees, including physicians and other support staff, and serving a patient population of 25,000.
December, 1991 - 1993: Physician Advisor for Utilization Management, Cigna Healthplan, San Fernando Valley
Responsible for inpatient and outpatient utilization management including hospital, nursing home, home health care, large case management, and ambulatory referral authorizations.
July, 1988 - May, 1991: Clinical Instructor in Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCLA School of Medicine.
Directed operation of inpatient and outpatient rheumatology.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Institute for Diversity in Health Management Advisory Board, 1996.
Member, Advisory Council, Adolescent Pregnancy Child Watch, 1995 to present.
Member, Group Health Association of America Committee on Social Responsibility, 1994 - present.
Member, Board of Directors, UCLA School of Public Health Alumni Association, Chair, Legislative Affairs, 1992.
Appointment, California State Senator Diane Watson Community Health Advisory Committee, 1989 - 1993.
Appointment, California Attorney General AIDS Fraud Task Force, 1988 - 1991.
Education and Degree(s)
- M.P.H., Health Services Organization, UCLA School of Public Health, June, 1990.
- Board Certification: Rheumatology, November, 1988, American Board of Rheumatology. Internal Medicine, September, 1986, American Board of Internal Medicine.
- Fellowship: Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1986-1988.
- Residency: Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1983-1986.
- Residency: Preventive Medicine, UCLA School of Public Health, 1990-1993.
- M.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1979-1983.
- A.B., Harvard University, 1975-1979.