As of June 2002 Lipeles, joined the management team of Heritage Provider Network, (HPN) a California Limited Knox Keene health plan as the company’s COO. HPN provides medical care to more than 800,000 people in CA, NY and AZ. For over 30 years
HPN’s medical groups and IPAs have provided an award-winning, comprehensive approach to care management. In December 2011, HPN, through Heritage California ACO, was awarded a Pioneer ACO by CMS for 8 counties in Southern California.
Lipeles has a Master of Public Health (M.P.H) Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Bachelor of Science Degree in business economics from the University of California, Riverside. Lipeles served on the advisory board of the school of public health at UCLA for 8 years.
