Tara Russo
VP, Medicare Risk Adjustment, HEDIS and Navigate Directorate, Island Doctors
Tara is the Vice President of Medicare Risk Adjustment and HEDIS Quality Initiatives for Island Doctors, a provider organization based in St. Augustine, Florida. Island Doctors operate 14 wholly-owned offices in Clay, Duval, Saint Johns, Flagler, Putnam and Volusia counties, as well as manage a network of 32 affiliate providers throughout these six counties and around the Orlando area. Prior to her current role, Tara previously worked as a financial analyst for Humana, Florida Hospital and Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Earlier, she was the Finance Manager for the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She has a Master of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and holds credentials as a CPC, CPMA, and CRC.