Primary Partner Care

Why Primary PartnerCare®

Leadership

The founding Board of Directors oversees all the Primary PartnerCare entities and mission.

Harry Jacob, MD | Chief Medical Executive & Director

Dr. Jacob is a board certified internist with over thirty years private practice experience paired with managed care, academia and consulting. Dr. Jacob is passionate about the profession of medicine, and appreciates each day his has the privilege of practicing and caring for his patients. He is committed to restoring the joy of medicine to primary care. As a principal of JADA Group, Dr. Jacob provided litigation support and medical expert consulting services in the areas of medical standards of care, billing and coding, and compliance with state and Federal law and regulations. Prior he served as Chief Medical Officer of Doctors Care Network, a fully delegated MSO and its contracted IPAs where he oversaw the medical management, quality improvement, and appeals functions.  In this position, Dr. Jacob was instrumental in the development of proprietary programs to manage chronic diseases and the frail elderly population, as well as locally developed clinical protocols and guidelines. Under his direction, patients at risk for illness were identified earlier in the medical cycle and intervention provided, resulting in reduced medical expenses and improved quality of life. In a short timeframe, Dr. Jacob was able to integrate diverse medical and ethnic communities across the Metropolitan New York region and decrease variation in practice through a focus on “best practices”.  In addition to his executive positions, Dr. Jacob has been an attending clinical instructor at North Shore-Long Island Jewish for over 19 years.  He earned his M.D. from SUNY Health Science Center Syracuse (Upstate Medical Center) and his B.S. from SUNY Buffalo.

Marion Davis | Chief Executive Officer & Director
 Ms. Davis is a forward thinking physician advocate with 20+ years management and consulting experience. She has extensive expertise structuring healthcare ventures, negotiating HMO contracts, creating operational infrastructures to manage medical risk, devising and implementing strategy, and leading physician entities through start-ups, operations, and turn-arounds. She currently serves as President of Health Priorities, a healthcare advisory firm she founded to assist physician clients, and others who want to expand and improve upon their physician relationships. As Founder, President and CEO of Doctors Care Network, a fully delegated Medical Management Services Organization (MSO), Ms. Davis operated the largest Metropolitan New York physician network with four IPAs covering the 5 boroughs of NYC and Long Island, including over 6,500 physicians plus ancillaries. Under her direction, the company achieved profitability in year 1, improved patient care and decreased medical costs through innovative physician-driven medical management and clinical integration methodologies. Prior, Ms. Davis served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Regional Operations of Heritage Medical Systems (CA) where she established and oversaw the company’s East Coast operations. Prior to Heritage Medical Systems, Ms. Davis held various management positions for Primary-Care Mid-Atlantic IPA (Maryland), KPMG’s National Healthcare Strategy Practice (Southern CA), Medical Pathways Management Corp. (Southern CA), and SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse (Upstate Medical Center).  She earned her M.B.A. from University of Illinois at Chicago and her B.S. from Le Moyne College (Syracuse).


Why Primary PartnerCare®