The Nominating Committee is accepting interested applicants for the CIMRO Board of Directors with its upcoming election in March 2025. Terms are for three (3) years, and a Board Director may serve no more than four (4) consecutive terms.  Board meetings are either held in Champaign, IL or via Microsoft Teams.
 
Interested parties must submit a current curriculum vitae and complete both CIMRO’s conflict of interest disclosure form and the Illinois Department of Insurance Biographical Affidavit to be considered.
 
Contact April Vogelsang, CEO, at [email protected] or 800.635.9407 ext. 2548 by February 14, 2025.
 
Current CIMRO Board of Directors
 
Ronald Johnson, MD –  Chair
Family Medicine | Pittsfield, IL
 
Mary Belford, MD – Vice Chair
Psychiatry | Orland Park, IL
 
Deborah McDermott, MD – Sec/Treasurer
Internal Medicine | Belleville, IL
 
Dan Holdhusen, BS
Former CFO and National Director for Good Samaritan Society | Olathe, KS
 
Kristin Rodriguez, MS
Chief Product Officer, Vitality Group | San Lorenzo, CA
 
Phillip Rowell, JD
Chief Analytics Officer, Health Catalyst | Savoy, IL
 
Yashail Vora, MD
Neurosurgery | Camas, WA
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Join a highly knowledgeable, accountable, dependable, autonomous, and fun review team!

For more information:
Visit the Careers tab on our Web site: www.cimro.com
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As you will read about in a later section, significant efforts were taken in 2023 to review, organize, and standardize all review workflows, peer reviewer worksheets, final reports, and conflict of interest forms to reduce duplication and complexity.

​This was done in preparation to transition from home-grown spreadsheets and databases to a technology partner, Salesforce.  Salesforce allows for a more contemporary approach, supports the desire for growth, and lets us have dedicated and state-of-the-art client and peer reviewer portals.

When I joined CIMRO in late 2018, I was not entirely sure what to expect. I had been involved in plenty of peer review through my various hospital committees and leadership positions, so peer review I knew well. But the insurance review portion would be new to me. I love case reviews, but don’t we all? Don’t we all love to chat with our colleagues and doctor friends about interesting cases we’ve seen, hard cases we solved, and those cases that absolutely astound us? Don’t we love to ask the question, “So what would you do if…?” 

It isn’t downhill snow skiing, martial arts, or SCUBA diving, but Dr. Brad Weir is still excited about joining CIMRO as its new chief medical officer.

In addition to those adrenaline-fueled hobbies – a goal is to climb Pike’s Peak – Weir’s medical background is in emergency medicine and EMS. In addition to work as an ED physician at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL, he serves as its EMS medical director and associate quality officer. He also is an EM educator with the University of Illinois/Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and associate clinical professor at the college of medicine.

In addition to a new chief medical officer, CIMRO has named a new associate chief medical officer, Dr. Mary Belford.

​She follows Dr. Ronald Johnson in that position.​ See below for responses to questions recently presented to both Dr. Johnson and Dr. Belford.

​This notice serves as a reminder that the Certification and Acceptance statements you previously signed remain in full force and effect. You have agreed to abide by the letter and spirit of CIMRO’s Confidentiality Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, and Code of Business Conduct. 

​You also acknowledged your understanding and agreement that any failure to fully comply with the letter and spirit of the Code, including any related confidentiality and/or conflict of interest activities and their reporting requirements, will be grounds for immediate termination of employment, subcontract, other contractual relationship or removal from the Board of Directors, as the case may be.