Mobile Health founder Bert E. Brodsky is a leading entrepreneur and an active philanthropist and member of the community. Mr. Brodsky founded Mobile Health in 1984.
Mr. Brodsky’s entrepreneurship emerged as far back as 1970. At that time, he founded his first company, Medical Arts Office Services, Inc., a bookkeeping service for hospital-based physicians. Just three years later, under his direction, that company became the first to offer computer-automated billing and management services for this market. He further demonstrated his innovative leadership when he developed the first program for hospital based physicians to submit claims electronically to Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Medicare and Medicaid. This business became the forerunner of what is today known as Sandata Technologies, Inc., one of the nation’s premier providers of advanced computer, telephony and internet-based technologies for the healthcare industry.
Healthcare Innovator
Mr. Brodsky is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sandata Technologies, Inc., the largest processor of home care claims in the United States. His professional career includes his role as President of the Health Division of Itel Corporation, a claims processing company serving over 12,000 hospitals and physicians in seven states. His strong performance at Itel earned him the company’s 1978 “Outstanding Executive Award.”
In 1981, Mr. Brodsky founded National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc. (NMHC), a national leader in pharmacy benefit management services to both the consumer and business markets, now known as NMHCRX. In 1999, NMHCRX successfully completed an initial public offering. Mr. Brodsky served as Chairman of NMHCRX until March 2003.
Mr. Brodsky’s other business holdings include Brookhaven Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Inc. (BMRI), a magnetic resonance imaging facility; a real estate portfolio consisting of 300 apartments in the New York-Metropolitan areas and one million square feet of commercial space on Long Island and in Long Island City; two successful restaurants, The Island Mermaid on Fire Island and City Cellar in Westbury; and Didit.com, the largest independent search marketing agency in the United States, of which he is the Managing Partner. He is also one of the founding partners of Health Edge Investment Partners, a private equity firm founded in 2005 that focuses exclusively on the healthcare industry and sits on the Advisory Board and the Investment Committee of the fund.
Civics and Philanthropy
Many non-profit organizations have tapped Bert E. Brodsky’s business acumen. These organizations recognize the value he brings to their boards and committees. His numerous previously held civic and philanthropic appointments include the following:
- New York State Committee on Healthcare Facilities in the 21st Century
- New York State Task Force for Medicaid Reform
- Town of North Hempstead Technical Advisor
- Chairman of the Young Presidents Organization, Long Island Chapter
- Member of the College Council of the State University of New York at Old Westbury
- Member of the Board, Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation
- Board Member of the United Jewish Y’s
- Member of the Board of The American Jewish Committee, Long Island Chapter
- Member of the Board of Trustees of New England College
- Vice Chairman of the Board, Camp Poyntelle/Lewis Village
- IT Consultant – Nassau County
- Member of Parents Council of Emory University
- Member of the Long Island Regional Board, HSBC Bank
Mr. Brodsky’s current affiliations include:
- President and Member of the Board of The Joseph Gurwin-Fay Lindner Assistive Living Facility
- President and Board Member of The Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Chairman of the Board, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
- Honorary Chairman of the Business Advisory, National Republican Congressional Committee
- Guest Lecturer for Hofstra University School of Business
- Guest Lecturer for C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
- Member, Simon Wisenthal Center’s International Leadership Council
Awards and Recognitions
Bert E. Brodsky has been recognized for his many civic and philanthropic contributions. His many prestigious awards include:
- 2008 City College of New York Presidential Award
- 2008 Long Island Tech Hall of Fame Entrepreneur Award
- Selected for Theodor Herzel Award
- LI Business News’s Top 100 Most Influential Long Islanders of 2005 and 2006
- 2005 Townsend Harris Medal presented by The Alumni Association of The City College of New York
- 2000 Ernst and Young Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- Honoree for Gurwin Classic 2000
- 1999 Israel Bond Presidents Club Award
- New York Institute of Technology’s “Business Vision Award”
