Karim A. Habibi, FHFMA, MPH, MS

Karim is the Senior Vice President and Chief Managed Care at NYU Langone Health. Karim’s responsibilities include the development and execution of managed care strategies on behalf of the hospitals and over 4,500 employed physicians.

Karim directs the managed care contracting efforts for fee for service and value based contracts. The value-based contracts encompass hospital quality based contracts, bundled payments programs, and ACO like arrangements.

Karim has 39 years of healthcare experience and holds a Master of Science in Health Services Management from New York University and a Master of Public Health in Health Administration from the University of Oklahoma. He is a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and is certified in the areas of managed care and patient accounts. Mr. Habibi coauthored articles and spoke at national conferences on managed care contracting, bundled payments, surgical implant cost containment strategies, and cost effective clinical practices.