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Managed Health Care

Managed Health Care Providers in Virginia

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Aetna, Inc.
7600A Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22043
Tel: (703) 903-7100
Web: aetna.com

Key Staff
General Manager- Jeffrey Lucht
Medical Director (Falls Church) -William Fried, MD
Director of Provider Relations - Janice Seawright
Government Relations - Linda Cooper

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 103,037
POS 131,331
PPO 130,354
Medicaid HMO N/A
FAMIS (SCHIP) N/A
Medical Managed Care N/A
Medicare Risk HMO N/A
Total 364,722

Network Providers
PCPs 3,038
Physician Specialists 6,680
Hospitals 63
OB/GYNs 400


CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
840 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20065
Tel: (202) 479-8000
Web: carefirst.com

Key Staff:
President and CEO - William L. Jews
President (CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.) - Eric R. Baugh, MD
Medical Director - Linton Wray, MD
Dir. of Government Affairs - Julie Hatton

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 41,815
POS 38,148
PPO 113,069
Medicaid HMO N/A
FAMIS (SCHIP) N/A
Medicare Risk HMO N/A
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 193,032

Network Providers
PCPs (HMO) 728
PCPs (PPO) 780
Physician Specialists (HMO) 2,608
Physician Specialists (PPO) 4,288
Hospitals (HMO) 11
Hospitals (PPO) 11


CIGNA HealthCare
7501 Boulders View Drive
Suite 500
Richmond, VA 23225
Tel: (804) 267-5100
Web: cigna.com

Key Staff
President and Market Leader (VA and M-A)- Mike Triplett
Quality (VA and M-A) - Susan Kirkpatrick
Medical Director (VA and M-A) - Nicholas Gettas MD
Sales (VA) - Linda Burtz
Sales (M-A) - Ron Vance Jr.
Provider Contracting (VA) - Jerry Dioguardi
Provider Contracting (M-A) - Eric Boklage
Provider Relations (VA) - Debbie Wheeler
Provider Relations (M-A) - Yvonne Van Lowe
Government Affairs (VA and M-A) - Katie Wade

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO (includes POS) 226,093
PPO 122,000
Total 388,093

Network Providers
PCPs HMO 2,032
PCPs PPO 2,226
Physician Specialist HMO 5,028
Physician Specialist PPO 5,092
Hospitals HMO 54
Hospitals PPO 96


Coventry Health Care, Inc.
9881 Mayland Drive
Richmond, VA 23233
Tel: (804) 747-3700
Web: southernhealth.com

Key Staff (Southern Health Services, Inc.)
President and CEO - Cosby M. Davis, III
CFO - Drew A. Joyce
COO - Jennifer A. Adkins
VP, Marketing - Brian E. Corbey
Medical Directors - Stephen Cavalieri, MD and Ian W. Bushell, MD, MHS-CL
Regulatory Compliance - Laura Lee O. Viergever

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 62,269
POS 66,618
PPO 6,472
Medicaid HMO 13,891
FAMIS 979
Medicare Risk HMO N/A
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 150,229

Network Providers
PCPs HMO 2,609
PCPs PPO 2,640
Physician Specialists HMO 4,369
Physician Specialists PPO 4,411
Hospitals HMO 55
Hospitals PPO 64


John Deere Health
2578 East Stone Drive, Suite A
Kingsport, TN 37660
Tel: (423) 378-5122
Web: johndeerehealth.com

Key Staff
Manager, Operations - Steve Wilson
Medical Directors - James Schrenker MD,
Johnny White MD
Marketing Manager - Russ Thornberry
Manager, Medicare Contracts - Tina Brill
Director of Government Affairs - Cynthia Groene
Director, Administration - Thomas B. Jones
Quality Improvement Managers - Jama Frazier and Kathy Morelock

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 2,703
POS 13,981
PPO N/A
Medicaid Managed Care N/A
FAMIS (SCHIP) N/A
Medicare Risk HMO 3,531
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 20,215

Network Providers
PCPs 603
Physician Specialists 711
Hospitals 15


Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
2101 East Jefferson Street
Rockville, MD 20852
Tel: (301) 816-2424
Web: kaiserpermanente.org/mid-atlantic

Key Staff
CEO - Marilyn Kawamura
Sales and Marketing Director - David Russell
Director of Member Services - Mary Kraynak
Director of Contracts - Patricia Barth
Director of Government Relations - Gail M. Thompson

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 113,140
POS 5,288
PPO N/A
Medicaid Managed Care N/A
FAMIS (SCHIP) N/A
Medicare Risk HMO 6,706
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 125,134

Network Providers
PCPs HMO (network physicians) 142
PCPs HMO (M-A Permanente Med. Group) 142
Physician Specialists (network physicians) 1,063
Physician Specialists (M-A Permanente Med. Group) 194
Hospitals 10


Mid-Atlantic Medical Services, Inc. (MAMSI)
4 Taft Court
Rockville, MD 20850
Tel: (301) 294-5131
Web: mamsi.com

Key Staff
Chairman - Mark D. Groban MD
President and CEO - Thomas P. Barbera
Medical Director - Vera Dvorak MD
President MD IPA - Susan Goff
Senior Executive VP and CFO - Robert E. Foss

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 176,900
POS 39,900
PPO 33,500
Medicaid Managed Care N/A
FAMIS (SCHIP) N/A
Medicare Risk HMO N/A
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 250,300

Network Providers
PCPs - HMO 2,401
PCPs - PPO 2,401
Physician Specialists HMO 5,635
Hospitals 79


Sentara Healthcare
4417 Corporation Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Tel: (757) 552-7401
Web: sentara.com

Key Staff
President - Michael M. Dudley
Senior VP and CFO - Ronald Bennion
Medical Director - Robert Gormley MD
Senior VP and COO - Bruce Holstein
VP, Sales - Stacey Viles
Director of Government Relations - Molly Underhill

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 118,964
POS 8,416
PPO 14,990
Medicaid Managed Care 89,070
FAMIS 6,458
Medicare Risk HMO N/A
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 237,898

Network Providers
PCPs HMO 2,138
PCPs PPO 2,673
Physician Specialists HMO 5,748
Physician Specialists PPO 7,193
Hospitals HMO 60
Hospitals PPO 72


Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Anthem-Affiliated HMOs
2015 Staples Mill Road
Richmond, VA 23230
Tel: (804) 354-7000
Web: anthem.com

Key Staff
President - Thomas G. Snead Jr.
VP, GM, Small Accounts - David P. Wade
Chief Healthcare Officer - Randy C. Axelrod, MD
VP, GM, Service Operations - Kathy A. Merry
Executive Director, Government Relations - Leonard L. Hopkins, Jr.
VP, GM, VA Group Business - Paul F. Nezi

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO 262,249
HMO /POS 18,901
POS 244,674
PPO 1,312,052
Medicaid HMO 62,330
FAMIS 5,409
Total 1,905,615

Network Providers
PCPs (# All HMOs) 2,304
PCPs (# POS ) 4,537
Physician Specialists (# All HMOs) 9,998
Physician Specialists (# PPO) 28,688
Physician Specialists (# PAR) 29,227
Hospitals (# All HMOs) 68
Hospitals (# PPO) 99
Hospitals (# PAR) 99


Virginia Premier Health Plan, Inc.
600 East Broad Street, Suite 400
Richmond, VA 23219
Tel: (804) 819-5151

Key Staff
CEO - James S. Parrott
VP of Business Development / Community Relations - Terone B. Green
Sr. Medical Director - Melvin Pinn, MD MPH
VP of Medical Management - Linda Hines, MS RN
Director of Finance - Tim Carpenter

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO N/A
POS N/A
PPO N/A
Medicaid HMO 64,027
FAMIS (SCHIP) 5,902
Medicare Risk HMO N/A
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 69,929

Network Providers
PCPs 1,135
Physician Specialists 4,584
Hospitals 49


Wellpoint Health Networks
120 S. Via Merida
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Tel: (877) 864-2723
Web: unicare.com

Key Staff
COO, NCPPO - Cindy Follmer
VP, State Government Relations - Bob Scarlett
Director, Legislative Affairs - Jerry Steffl
Director of Group Sales - Mark Sucoloski, NCPPO

Managed Care Enrollment1
HMO N/A
POS N/A
PPO 45,000
Medicaid HMO 27,915
FAMIS (SCHIP) 9,031
Medicare Risk HMO N/A
Other MCHIP N/A
Total 81,846

Network Providers
PCPs (UniCare) 7,352
PCPs (NCPPO) 7,000
Physician Specialists (UniCare) N/A
Physician Specialists (NCPPO) 13,000
Hospitals (UniCare) 45
Hospitals (NCPPO) 106

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