John Lovelace BA, MS

Mr. Lovelace is president of UPMC for You, a managed care organization that serves Medical Assistance and Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan recipients in 40 counties in Pennsylvania. He provides leadership, direction, and administration for the services provided by UPMC for You, which offers coverage to eligible Medical Assistance recipients through its contracts with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare as well as coverage options for Medicare beneficiaries who are also enrolled in the Pennsylvania Medical Assistance program.

He is also President of Government Programs and Individual Advantage for the UPMC Insurance Services Division. In this role, Mr. Lovelace oversees Medicare products, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) of UPMC Health Plan, known as UPMC for Kids. He also oversees a group of Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans for people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and for individuals who are eligible for long-term care services. He oversees UPMC Individual Advantage, a guaranteed renewable individual product. He is also responsible for compliance, finance, and operations for individual products on and off the Healthcare Exchange.

In addition, Mr. Lovelace is Chief Program Officer at Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, a behavioral health managed care organization that is part of the UPMC Insurance Services Division. Community Care provides behavioral health coverage for more than 900,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in 36 Pennsylvania counties as well as care coordination services in New York.

In addition to his service on local, regional, and national organization boards of directors, he serves as Board Chair for the Association of Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), a trade association comprised of 60 provider-affiliated regional health plans enrolling Medicaid and other low-income beneficiaries.