Cindy Klein

Project Director

Cindy Klein is Project Director of the Project Management Office at SOMOS Community Care. Cindy has over fifteen years of health care project management, strategic planning and operational experience in both the payer and provider environments . She is responsible for overseeing all the DSRIP projects and provides strategic direction to Project Managers for each project. Cindy ensures that all project milestones are met and all process and outcome data are reported to the State.

Cindy has worked for managed health companies and home care agencies in strategic planning, operational and project management roles, and has experience with the Medicare and Medicaid markets.

Prior to joining SOMOS Community Care, Cindy was the Product Manager for the Medicaid HIV Special Needs Plan at VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans. In this role, she served as the product lead and managed all operations of the product, including benefit implementation, compliance with regulations and budget.

In her previous role as a Project Manager role at VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans, Cindy managed the application process for the plan to offer a dual Medicare and Medicaid and long-term care product. Due to here efforts, the plan received approval and was awarded two billion dollars. Cindy also served as the Project Manager in implementing a new pharmacy benefit manager across all the plans.

  • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, M.P.H.
  • Brandeis University, B.A.

Areas of Expertise

  • Project Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Product Development