Roland Lamy has held a variety of leadership positions in the healthcare industry including sales management, underwriting, employee benefit and rate development, hospital and physician negotiations and contracting, and government programs.

Prior to joining Helms & Company, Roland served as the Assistant Director of Health Planning and Medicaid for the State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services. In this capacity, he was responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and deficit reduction strategies for the Medicaid program.

Roland has spent much of his career in leadership roles with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire and, subsequently, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Most recently, Roland was Executive Director of Provider Network Management for Anthem, with responsibility for a $500 million dollar healthcare budget and a $10 million administrative budget.

As a member of the Anthem Executive Team, Roland led several work teams to refine operations, following the Blue Cross and Blue Shield acquisition. With his extensive experience in healthcare operations, Roland was also instrumental in the merger between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire and Matthew Thornton Health Plan.

At Helms & Company, Roland has provided clients with expertise in health care provider strategic retreats and initiatives, provider contract negotiations, hospital labor benchmarking and operational assessments, physician practice management, physician practice evaluations, payer strategies on new technology and new clinical programs, and evaluation of commercial insurance options for employers and government agencies. He has worked with the National Hemophilia Alliance on payer contracting strategies with the goal to preserve patient choice and HTC access to hemophilia patients. In this capacity, Roland has developed a solid understanding of the HTC environment including third party payer issues, government relations and overall economics.

Roland has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Bloomsburg University and a Masters in Business Administration from New Hampshire College. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of New Hampshire Healthy Kids.