Update from DMHC (confirmed) / CDI (Invited)
Wednesday, July 17
10:15 am - 11:15 am (PT)
When it comes to the latest in state regulations and activities relating to the dental benefits industry, this is the place to hear directly from representatives of two key state agencies: CDI and DMHC. Hear from experts about the most recent developments concerning relevant regulations for the dental benefits industry.
Amanda Levy
Deputy Director, Health Policy and Stakeholder Relations at Department of Managed Healthcare (DMHC)
Amanda Levy is the Deputy Director of Health Policy and Stakeholder Relations, where she is responsible for fostering proactive and effective relations between the DMHC and its stakeholders while serving as primary advisor to the Director on critical issues and providing strategic planning and policy direction on emerging issues and industry trends.
Prior to joining the DMHC, Amanda worked for the California Psychological Association (CPA), where she served as the Director of Government Affairs. As CPA’s chief lobbyist, she coordinated policy positions, lobbying strategy, and grassroots outreach. While at CPA, Amanda tracked, analyzed, and provided testimony on mental health and health care-related bills. She has extensive experience working with stakeholders both as the member liaison between CPA and psychologists statewide and as the stakeholder representative to various state departments, mental health organizations, mental health provider groups, health plans, and consumer groups
Pritika Dutt
Deputy Director, Office of Financial Review at Department of Managed Healthcare (DMHC)
Pritika Dutt is the Deputy Director of the Office of Financial Review. In this capacity, she oversees the office that ensures all California managed care health plans and their contracted risk-bearing organizations are in compliance with financial solvency requirements and standards. Her office is also responsible for identifying trends that may affect the continued financial viability of commercial, governmental and specialized health plans. She also advises the Director and Chief Deputy Director on financial solvency issues and their impact on California’s healthcare delivery system.
Formerly, Pritika served as a supervisor in the Office of Financial Review’s Division of Financial Oversight, where she was in charge of monitoring the financial solvency of all governmental and specialized health plans regulated by the Knox-Keene Act.
Before that, she worked in the Provider Solvency and Support Unit as an Examiner monitoring the financial solvency of risk-bearing organizations. Pritika joined the Department in 2003 as an auditor and has extensive experience assessing health plans' and risk-bearing organizations' financial and claims compliance through examinations and review of periodic financial statements and compliance reports.
Pritika received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University, Sacramento, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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