Jeffrey Ashkenase is Senior Vice President, Business Solutions Group for GNYHA Services, a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) and GNYHA Ventures, Inc. Mr. Jeffrey A. Ashkenase joined GNYHA Services in 2004. Mr. Ashkenase leads the Business Solutions Group comprised of Client Service Executives, Contract Analysts, and Clinical Support Resources. Along with overseeing our client service efforts, Mr. Ashkenase ensures the Business Solutions Group provides the information and analytics necessary to support the GNYHA Services regional contracting effort, as well as the information and analytics the field force uses to assist our members to maximize the value of the GNYHA Services Group Purchasing Program. He is also responsible for deploying the GNYHA Services/Premier/GHX contract management technology to the member hospitals.

Mr. Ashkenase has worked in the healthcare industry for more than 10 years in non-profit, managed care, group purchasing, and government settings. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for managing costs, system implementations, optimizing the supply chain, and improving decision support and budgeting process through the use of technology. Prior to joining GNYHA Services, he was an Associate Vice President of Finance at Maimonides Medical Center where his responsibilities included overseeing the budget, decision support department and materials management, and business information systems. Mr. Ashkenase earned his B.A. from SUNY Albany and his Masters from the NYU Wagner School.