Dr. Dan Ober

Chief Medical Officer

CIGNA International

Dr. Daniel Ober was appointed Chief Medical Director- Medical Officer for Cigna Global Health Benefits in 2010. In this role, Dr. Ober is responsible for the development of innovative, effective and cost-effective clinical strategies, wellness initiatives and quality medical care products and services to enhance the health and well-being of Cigna’s globally mobile population. Dr. Ober also leads the clinical and strategic leadership of Cigna’s Key Global Accounts. In this role, he directly supports Key Global Accounts in an effort to meet their unique global strategic medical goals and objectives. Dr. Ober joined Cigna in 2001 and has served in a number of roles, including National Medical Director for Cigna HealthCare National Accounts. For this position he promoted health and wellness initiatives and health care integration, as well as actively managed clinical outcomes by identifying improvement opportunities, managing costs, and supporting highest quality initiatives. Dr. Ober has also held leadership roles in Health Advocacy, Credentialing, Quality and Medical Management.

Prior to joining Cigna, Dr. Ober served as Professor, Director of Medical Education, and Family Practice Program Director at Dartmouth Medical College. Before Dartmouth, he was in private practice in Amherst, New Hampshire where he practiced Family Medicine, Obstetrics, and Hospice Care.

Dr. Ober earned his Bachelor of Arts in Biology from St. Anselm College and graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine as Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He did his internship at Warren Hospital and completed his residency at Warren Hospital Family Practice/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Speaker Questionnaire

What are your top priorities for employee health and well-being in 2022?

What are the most innovative programs that you will focus on in 2022 and 2023?

Looking at our three moonshots surrounding costs, culture, and care, which do you align with the most? What are you doing in this area?

If you could automatically receive a 25% reduction in costs in three areas/programs, what would your dream list be?

Is there an area where you were able to either create savings or stop costs from rising?

Are you doing anything to reimagine corporate culture and wellbeing?

If there were two physical solutions that could be turned into virtual or remote care instead, what would those be?

If you look at our 3 Moonshots - Costs, Culture, and Care; In one sentence, tell us what would be something positive for us to take from 2020 and bring into this new year?

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Remember the mission to reach the moon? In 1962, President JFK set forth a vision. He initiated a movement that outlived him! Even in his death, the mission was accomplished seven years after his famous speech. Now we’re on a five-year mission, and it's not about us. This is a mission for you – the individual, the stakeholder, the employer healthcare and benefits professional. Join the mission to reduce costs, reimagine culture, and reinvent care.