Speaker Highlights

Debora Kuchka-Craig, FHFMA

Ms. Kuchka-Craig is the voluntary Chair of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) during the 2010-11 term beginning June 1, 2010.

Ms. Kuchka-Craig is Corporate Vice President, Managed Care, MedStar Health, Columbia, Maryland.

In her role at MedStar Health, Ms. Kuchka-Craig is responsible for managing third party payer relations and contracts for MedStar’s five Maryland hospitals, several hundred employed physicians, and various diversified healthcare companies. In addition to her provider role, Ms. Kuchka-Craig also has executive oversight for the provider network, credentialing, and community outreach functions of MedStar Family Choice, a Medicaid MCO with over 23,000 members.

With 25 years of healthcare industry experience, Ms. Kuchka-Craig has served as both provider and payer. The first 12 years of her career were with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland (now CareFirst) where she held the position of Director of Networks Management prior to joining MedStar.

A member of HFMA since 1993, Ms. Kuchka-Craig’s involvement with the National Association includes serving on the Managed Care Forum Advisory Council (1997-00), the Board of Examiners (2003-07), serving as chair during 2006-07, the National Advisory Councils (2005-06), the Strategic Planning Committee (2005-07 and 2008-11), serving as chair (2009-10), the Board of Directors (2005-11), the Executive Committee (2006-11), serving as chair 2010-11, and the Audit & Finance Committee (2007-11), serving as chair in 2008-09. Ms. Kuchka-Craig has also served the Maryland Chapter as Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President, President-Elect, and President. She has received the Follmer Bronze, Reeves Silver, Muncie Gold, and Medal of Honor merit awards.

A past recipient of Maryland’s Top 100 Women award, she remains an active member of her community, having served on numerous community boards, including United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland where she also chaired the Board Nominating Committee.

Ms. Kuchka-Craig, a Fellow of HFMA, received her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Lehigh University and a Master of Science degree in Health Planning and Administration from The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (now the Bloomberg School of Public Health).