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Michael A. Rashid - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Michael A. Rashid
Executive Vice President

Michael Rashid is the Executive Vice President of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, including its sister organization, AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, based in Harrisburg, PA. Reporting to the President and CEO, Mr. Rashid is the point person on internal decisions, operational issues and growing the business. The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies comprises the largest organization of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of 6.5 million members nationwide.

Previously, Mr. Rashid was President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Health Plan of New Jersey (now Horizon NJ Health), where he led the provision of comprehensive managed health care services to Medicaid clients in New Jersey. Prior to that, Mr. Rashid served as Director of Medicaid Operations for Prudential Health Plan's Atlantic region, which included operations in Baltimore, Maryland and start-ups in Washington, DC and Virginia. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Total Health Care, a Medicaid managed care plan in Baltimore. In addition, Mr. Rashid has several years of experience in health care management consulting and managing health care provision in a city health corporation.

Mr. Rashid is the Chairman of the Urban League of Philadelphia and he currently serves on the boards of other local organizations, including the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. His contributions to the community have resulted in a variety of honors and awards, including the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award from the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Signature Award from the West Philadelphia YMCA, the Trailblazer Award from Representative Ronald G. Waters, the Philadelphia Tribune’s 2007 Most Influential African-Americans award, and the Envisioning the Dream award from Radio One.

Mr. Rashid earned a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of Southern California.