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George M. Rapier III is an American businessman, and chairman and CEO of WellMed Medical Management, Inc., a diversified healthcare company and Physicians Health Choice, a physician-owned Medicare Advantage Organization contracted with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The Windsor Health Group was acquired by WellCare in January 2014. [29] [30] In January 2017 Care1st Health Plan Arizona, a subsidiary of Care1st Health Plan and Blue Shield of California affiliate was acquired. [31]
UnitedHealth Group originated in late 1974, when Minnesota-based Charter Med Incorporated was founded by Richard Taylor Burke. It originally processed claims for doctors at the Hennepin County Medical Society. [5] UnitedHealthcare Corporation was founded in 1977 to purchase Charter Med and create a network-based health plan for seniors. [6]
Jimmie O. Keenan is a retired major general of the United States Army.She served as the Deputy Commanding General of the Medical Command and also the Chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps before retiring on January 1, 2016. [1]
The operator then pays for their medical expenses. Traditional Medicare directly compensates providers on a fee-for-service basis. [ 1 ] Plans are offered by integrated health delivery systems, labor unions , non profit charities, and health insurance companies, which may limit enrollment to specific groups of people (such as union members).
In early 2021, Operose Health, a UK subsidiary of Centene, took over a group of London practices, AT Medics. [22] In May 2022, Centene announced that they had divested two pharmacy organisations as the company exited the pharmacy benefit management business. Centene divested Magellan Rx and PANTHERx Rare for a total of $2.8 billion. [23]
Wellmark is headquartered in downtown Des Moines and Sioux Falls. It has 1707 employees in Iowa and 171 in South Dakota. [5] It consists of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa, Wellmark of South Dakota, Inc. (doing business as Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota) and Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc. [5] The Wellmark Foundation is a private foundation to support health ...
In 2005, Humana entered into a business partnership with Virgin Group, offering financial incentives to members for healthy behavior, such as regular exercise. [11] On November 16, 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Humana Inc. partnered to expand on traditional private-sector approaches to population health ...