Morris Tenenbaum, CNHA, FACHCA

Morris Tenenbaum, a second generation Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, has been actively involved in operating Long Term Care (LTC) facilities for over 40 years. His focus has been on coupling quality and award winning practices with the efficient operation of the nursing home in the proprietary side of the Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) arena.

He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Kings Harbor Multicare Center, a 720 bed, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) five star rated facility. There he has collaborated with local medical centers and a major medical school to bring innovative and creative programs including: geriatric fellowship rounds, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Partnerships as well as being a clinical site for medical students. Kings Harbor is a multifaceted facility providing onsite dialysis as well as specialized programs ranging from Subacute Care to Dementia Care. Kings Harbor is recognized as an industry leader and recipient of various awards including the CODMAN Award from JCAHO.

Morris is also very active in the LTSS community. On the national level he has served on the Finance Committee of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) for the last 6 years. On the state level he is Chairman of the Foundation for Quality Care, a not for profit entity whose mission is to improve quality of care through education and research. Morris is active in the New York State Health Facilities Association (NYSHFA) and sits on the Legislative and Payment Services Committees. On the local level he is on the board of the Southern New York Association and New York Healthcare Alliance, a trade organization representing 16,000 beds in the New York City area. He serves as a Committee Member of the Joint Local 1199 SEIU and Management, NDIC (New Directions and Innovations Committee), He has authored many articles (Reviving the Class Act: Dual-Purpose Life Insurance (Death Benefit/Long Term Care) and A Better Public-Private Approach to Resolving LTSS Financing Dilemma Catastrophic Shared Stop-Loss: Adapting Life Insurance to Meet Long-Term Care Needs.  

Over the last 25 years, in both the public and private sectors, John Cutler has developed and applied unique expertise in the areas of health care, Medicare, long term care insurance, disability, aging, and insurance benefit design. Since his retirement from the federal government in 2015 he has maintained a consulting business and is a Senior Fellow for the National Academy of Social Insurance as well as a special advisor to the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). 

From 2000-2015 he served in various offices at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM). His work on the Multi-State Plan Program at OPM helped stand up insurance products on the health care Marketplaces nationwide. Prior to that he was a Senior Policy Analyst at OPM and was the architect and Project Leader for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program.  From 2005 to 2006, Cutler was detailed to the Center for Planning and Policy Development with the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA).  

Cutler joined the federal government in 1997 as a Health Policy Analyst in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at HHS.  Prior to that he worked for at AARP (1989-1997), with responsibility for regulatory and compliance matters involving AARP's long term care and Medigap insurance, life insurance as well as other products.