For Immediate Release 06/15/2021
Canton, MA – The Phia Group, LLC adds Scott Bennett to The Team.
Today The Phia Group announced that Scott Bennett has joined their already robust team of health benefit professionals, as its Vice President of Provider Relations. Scott will strengthen The Phia Group’s efforts to empower plans by leading a team that enhances the overall provider experience. With a focus on quality and cost metrics, their mission is to make benefits more affordable and accessible. Under Scott’s leadership, The Phia Group’s Provider Relations team will continue to support plans and partners that utilize or manage innovative pricing methodologies, while also providing Phia Group based solutions such as Claim Negotiation and Signoff, Phia Unwrapped, and Balance Bill Support.
As new laws and regulations impact how health benefit plans process and pay medical claims, Scott and his team will develop new approaches to the future of claims processing, while continuing to provide ancillary support to other programs as well. Relevant to this mission, Scott boasts an impressive background as an attorney, data analyst, and a certified professional coder. Scott's past experience includes: Vice President at a national third party administrator, a Director of dispute resolution, and the designated company witness for six years at a nationwide medical bill review company focused on commercial reimbursement and workers’ compensation fee schedules and disputes.
In addition to designing and defending cost containment programs, Scott has successfully litigated and participated in trials, depositions, negotiations, and mediations concerning medical billing disputes among providers, patients and payors involving reference-based pricing, workers compensation, ERISA, antitrust law, and personal injury damages.
“Adding Scott to the team solidifies The Phia Group as a leader in the industry. It means we can continue to develop and offer solutions and services that empower plans,” remarked The Phia Group’s CEO, Adam Russo. “We have always been proud of our ability to stay ahead of regulatory hurdles; the hurdles are getting bigger, but adding Scott ensures we can conquer whatever comes next.”
Regarding his new role at The Phia Group, Scott Bennett remarked, “I am thrilled to be part of such a respected company, and look forward to working with this expert team to further develop their already extensive products and services, especially at a time where increased data transparency and new regulations will challenge the industry to innovate.”
To learn more about The Phia Group, what it is doing to empower plans, and to learn more about its Provider Relations solutions, please contact Garrick Hunt by email at [email protected] or by phone at 781-535-5644.
About The Phia Group:
The Phia Group, LLC, headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts, and with offices in Hartford, Boise, and Louisville, is an experienced provider of health care cost containment techniques offering comprehensive claims recovery, plan document and consulting services designed to control health care costs and protect plan assets. By providing industry leading consultation, plan drafting, subrogation and other cost containment solutions, The Phia Group is truly Empowering Plans.