Don Liss

Dr. Don Liss serves as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Dr. Liss is responsible for clinical policy, quality management and promoting the delivery of effective and efficient health care to over three million health plan members. Dr. Liss has significant managed care and health insurance experience, and previously served as Vice President, Clinical Programs and Policy for Independence Blue Cross (IBC) and as Regional Medical Director for Aetna’s plans in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York and New England.

Dr. Liss is a native of Philadelphia and a 1987 graduate of Drexel University College of Medicine. He completed residency training in internal medicine and served as Chief Medical Resident at Temple University Hospital prior to a Clinician-Educator Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Liss is board certified in internal medicine. He serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council Technical Advisory Committee, the Recognition Programs Review Oversight Committee at NCQA and the External Advisory Committee at the ECRI Institute.