Margaret Lemkin Ph.D.

Margaret C. Lemkin is executive vice president, client services at Valenz Health. She was formerly President and founder of Med-Care Management Inc., a company specifically formed to provide utilization management services to jointly trusteed health and welfare funds. She developed a data management system to analyze utilization, monitor quality issues and identify trends, enabling the firm to provide customized reports to its clients and stay abreast of the constant changes in health care. Dr. Lemkin created disease management programs that provide extensive data in areas such as diabetes and heart disease and has lectured on a variety of issues related to health care management. Dr. Lemkin previously served as Chair of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Multiemployer Value-Based Health Care Committee (Ad Hoc). She currently serves as Chair of the Health Care Management Committee and as a member of the Benefits Peer Network. She graduated from Wellesley College and received her Ph.D. degree from Yale University.