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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). WellMed is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
WellCare began operations in 1985 in Tampa, Florida as a Medicaid provider for the State of Florida. [5] In 1992, Kiran Patel, a cardiologist and entrepreneur, purchased the company. [6] [7] In 2002, Patel sold it to a New York investment group led by George Soros and Todd Farha. [7] Also in 2002, Todd Farha joined the company as CEO. [8] [9]
Also in 2003, UnitedHealth Group acquired Golden Rule Financial, a provider of health savings accounts. [15] On July 21, 2003, Exante Bank started operating in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a Utah state-chartered industrial loan corporation. It changed its name to OptumHealth Bank in 2008 [16] and to Optum Bank in 2012.
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 ...
Healthcare providers from across the sector were also in attendance and voiced their concerns about the ongoing financial and operational impacts of the Change cyberattack. [60] [61] As of April 16, 2024, UnitedHealth Group had advanced payments of over $6 billion in assistance to health care providers affected by the cybersecurity attack. [62]
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]
Carenet began in 1988 as a patient-management operation within the Christus Santa Rosa Health System in San Antonio, Texas.In 2004, an investor group purchased Carenet from Christus and transitioned the company into a nationwide business processing outsourcer offering medical contact center services that support member and patient programs for healthcare organizations including health plans ...