Mary T. McCluskey, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Medicaid Business Unit
WellPoint, Inc.
Mary T. McCluskey, M.D., is executive vice president and chief medical officer for the Medicaid Business Unit of WellPoint, overseeing health care services for the company’s approximately 4.5 million members in 20 states.
Prior to her current position, Dr. McCluskey served as executive vice president and chief medical officer at Amerigroup. She also served as chief medical officer for Aetna Inc., Northeast region. In this role, she was the senior clinical and medical quality leader for a division that provided health insurance for 2.4 million people through employer-sponsored and Medicare programs. Under her guidance, the company’s Northeast region earned an excellent accreditation rating from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Dr. McCluskey’s previous positions at Aetna included national medical director and head of Clinical Cost Management and senior regional medical director of the Southeast region. Prior to joining Aetna, Dr. McCluskey was vice president of Medical Affairs for Medpartners Medical Management in Tampa, Fla. She previously served as internist and medical director of Bridgeton Health Center in St. Louis.
Dr. McCluskey began her career as an urgent care physician in St. Louis. A graduate of St. Louis University and the St. Louis University School of Medicine, she completed her residency in internal medicine at Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis.
