Charles B. Gross, Ph.D.

Charles Gross, PhD is the Regional Vice President Behavioral Health, Government Business Division, North, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. In this role he is responsible for integrated behavioral health services for almost 1,000,000 Medicaid covered lives. In addition to his overall operational responsibilities, Dr.Gross’s particular focus has been the development of provider partnerships that focus on integrated care, and on the key role that the therapeutic relationship plays in all encounters. This latter interest led to Dr. Gross translating the work on the therapeutic relationship from the behavioral health arena, narrowly defined, to the broader arena of patient engagement. Dr. Gross has extensive clinical and operational managed care experience in the public and private sectors, including; direct clinical work with the Health and Hospital Corporation of New York, extensive private practice experience, clinical and management experience with Kaiser Permanente, MBHO experience with ValueOptions and integrated managed care experience with United Health and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, among others. Dr. Gross graduated from the University of Michigan, and from Yeshiva University.