Karena M. Weikel is directly accountable to the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Actuary for Geisinger Health Plan. She is a risk professional with 15 years of healthcare experience. Karena is responsible for managing our overall cost of care (expense, vendor), trend mitigation, data management, vendor relations, underwriting, provider economics, risk adjustment, operational and regulatory reporting, rate filing support, and organization-wide analytics (FWA, employer group, regulatory, compliance, government, etc.) for all lines of business (Commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid).

Karena leads a team of 68 highly skilled and experienced staff whom blends math, statistics and business knowledge to develop the analytics and improve revenue and expense that drive GHP’s success. Her team informs and makes decisions that lead to profits, savings, stability and continued services to our healthcare community and membership. She provides direct administrative oversight to Certified Professional Coders, Actuaries, Analysts, and Business professionals that support a variety of functional areas (actuarial, underwriting, sales, finance, vendors, employer groups, IT, provider network management, FWA, compliance, operations, etc.).
Karena’s 15 years of healthcare experience includes Director Actuarial Services, Director Actuarial Informatics, and AVP of Clinical Informatics.
Karena is a graduate of Bloomsburg University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Statistics and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education. Karena has earned the FAHM and CSFS designations. She is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) and is currently pursuing her fellowship certification.