Meet the Person Behind CPR Risk Management, Inc.

Mary Vanek Pozuelo, RN, CMS is the Founder and President/CEO of CPR Risk Management, servicing clients in medical risk assessments, reserve assessments, and 50%/Trigger review assessments. She has over 28 years of nursing, operation and management, and marketing experience in the healthcare and health insurance industries. Her expertise in the medical field, along with her business experience brings a risk management flare unique to this organization. She is a member of the Self Insurance Institute of America.

Mary’s experience includes a variety of roles and responsibilities in various health care fields.

Prior to CPR Risk Management, Mary was partner and co-founder of CP Risk Solutions, servicing clients in medical underwriting and medical risk assessments, claim management, product development and program management, audits, contract and treaty wording, and broker relations.

She also worked in the reinsurance field and was an assistant vice president at Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance, Inc., responsible for underwriting Platinum’s Accident and Health business including stop loss, fully insured, carve-out programs, and short term medical. She was responsible for both financial and medical underwriting, claims assessments, marketing, program management and implementation. She helped establish benchmark treaty wording and underwriting guidelines.

Mary was a second vice president and senior account executive in the Group Marketing Division of Gen Re Life. She was responsible for marketing and coordinating health reinsurance to insurance carriers.

She worked in the managed care field and was vice president of Marketing and Customer Service and Pre-certification/Utilization Review of Strategic Health Development Corporation. She managed a staff of 53 nurses and intake coordinators for utilization review, quality control, and work-site risk management.

Mary was clinical supervisor for a home health agency in Tampa, Florida and also worked as an oncology nurse at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.