Our Team
We are an interdisciplinary group of professionals who look at your business needs with a single shared goal in mind: to disrupt the status quo and exceed expectations with clinically accurate outcomes and service excellence! Working collaboratively, we’re able to achieve results that are creative and strategic, with measurable business impact.
Dedicated. Reliable. Transparent.
Mission
To exceed our clients’ expectations with clinically accurate outcomes and service excellence.
Vision
To revolutionize our industry and disrupt the status quo
Our Story
As a URAC-accredited Independent Review Organization (IRO), MMRO delivers impartial, evidence-based determinations at every stage of the appeals process. We conduct internal and external appeals, preauthorizations, workers' compensation, long-term care, quality of care, and utilization reviews — drawing on our nationwide network of board-certified physician experts to ensure each decision is fair and clinically sound.
Our independence and clinical expertise give clients the confidence to move forward.
Meet the Team
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Joseph Schimizzi
President/CEO
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Jen Mongeau, DHA, MBA, MSN, RN
Vice President, Clinical Programs
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Douglas Minke, JD, MBA
Vice President, Corporate Development & General Counsel
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Erich Kelly, CDMP
Vice President, National Sales & Marketing
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Jeffrey Deitch, DO
Executive Medical Director
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Michele Brezinski, MD
Associate Medical Director
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Chelsea Kuntz
Panel Health Program Manager
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Robin Bemis
Manager, Business Administration
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Christine Pollum, BSN, RN
Clinical Program Manager, Healthcare Review Services
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Jennifer Rod, BS
Clinical Program Manager, Disability Claim Review Services
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Brian Sadowski, MA
Clinical Program Manager, OPERS DRARS and Rehabilitative Services
A Lean Organization
Operating as a Lean organization, MMRO applies Lean principles to optimize every aspect of our service delivery. Through standardized workflows, automation of manual tasks, visual management of work-in-process, in-line quality controls, and capacity-aligned flow assignment, we minimize waste, reduce cycle times, and elevate quality.
Guided by a culture of continuous improvement, our teams regularly identify, test, and refine better ways of working — ensuring that every process evolves alongside the needs of our clients and the complexity of the cases we review.
Equally central to our Lean philosophy is respect for people: we invest in our staff, empower them to surface ideas and solve problems at every level, and design our workflows so clinical experts can focus on the high-value judgment that matters most.
The result is a smarter, more responsive organization that delivers faster, more accurate reviews — and a workplace where both our team and our clients thrive.
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