Full Name
Barbara E. Wachsman
Job Title
Consultant
Company
Formerly with The Walt Disney Company
Speaker Bio
Ms. Wachsman served as the Director of Strategy and Engagement for Enterprise Benefits for the Walt Disney Company; where she led the strategic initiatives and designed benefits programs that identified and addressed Disney’s long-term healthcare and goals and objectives. She currently serves as a Senior Advisor to a preeminent private equity firm specializing in healthcare financing and serves on the advisory boards of five healthcare early stage/startups.

Prior to Disney, she held senior management positions with two international benefit consulting firms, as well as served as a Principal with Arthur Andersen, where she ran the West Regional Human Capital practice. She began her career with a consulting firm providing financial feasibility analysis for hospitals going into the bond market.

Ms. Wachsman is a national speaker on topics such as hospital/physician/employer relations, effective managed care and provider reimbursement models, employee engagement and incentives and has published articles in Pension&Investments, Business Insurance and specialty health care journals about the value of managed care. Much of her work has involved helping employers and providers create more effective, direct partnerships.
Barbara E. Wachsman