AvMed and Parent Company Announce Senior Leadership Changes; Growth, Expanding Opportunities Are Reasons for Restructuring.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- With growth plans and expanding product offerings executed in 2004, Bob Hudson For the Australian singer, see . Robert Willard Hudson (born April 5, 1930 in Lamar, South Carolina) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Washington Redskins, and the Dallas Cowboys. , Chief Executive Officer of AvMed Health Plans, has announced a restructuring of the organization's senior leadership. AvMed, dually headquartered in Miami and Gainesville, is Florida's oldest and largest not-for-profit health plan. It provides health insurance coverage to large and small businesses in major metropolitan areas of the state, including Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Palm Beach, Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville. The leadership restructuring includes the following: --Doug Cueny has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of AvMed. In his expanded role, Cueny will be responsible for all of AvMed's day-to-day operations and for attaining the health plan's strategic and operational objectives. --Bob Hudson will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer of AvMed and also serves as President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SantaFe Healthcare, AvMed's not-for-profit parent company. Hudson will focus on growth and expansion of AvMed and all SantaFe Healthcare entities, including its senior living facilities and hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. operations. Hudson has served as SantaFe Healthcare and AvMed's President and CEO since January 2001. --Mike Gallagher has been named President of SantaFe Healthcare's non-managed care affiliates. In his expanded role, Gallagher will be responsible for leading and assisting the Administrator of the North Florida Retirement Village and Executive Director of Hospice of North Central Florida North Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. It comprises the north-central part of the state and encompasses Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Marion, Putnam, Suwannee and Union counties. in achieving their strategic objectives. He will continue to serve as AvMed's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Cueny and Gallagher will report to Hudson and continue to work closely with him and the respective Boards of Directors. "This is an exciting time for AvMed," Hudson said. "AvMed has broadened its portfolio of total solution health plan options for employers, is forging new relationships with medical providers as well as independent agents and brokers around the state, and is poised for strategic growth." "Doug Cueny and Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher (b. April 7 1960, Dayton, Ohio) is a popular conservative American radio talk show host. are proven professionals who care deeply about improving the health and well-being of our citizens," Hudson added. "With this new senior leadership team in place, we are ready to take AvMed and SantaFe Healthcare to the next level of excellence in terms of expanding and enriching the continuum of health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract we provide to Floridians." Hudson has been a part of AvMed's leadership team for nearly 30 years. He replaced Ed Peddie, who retired as AvMed's President and CEO in December 2000 after 24 years at the helm of the health plan. Cueny has 20 years experience in managed care and almost 30 years in healthcare. He has served as President and CEO of three different health plans. Gallagher has almost 30 years of healthcare experience, much of it in strategic development and planning. He has significantly added to AvMed's finance and underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. areas in recent years. About AvMed Health Plans AvMed Health Plans is Florida's oldest and largest not-for-profit health plan, improving access to health care for members for more than 30 years, while serving Florida communities in all major metropolitan areas of the state. Through an extensive medical provider network, AvMed offers health care coverage on a fully insured and self-funded basis for employer groups employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. in Florida. Additionally, AvMed offers health care products to Medicare beneficiaries in South Florida. AvMed has offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Orlando, Tampa, Gainesville and Jacksonville. For more information, visit http://www.avmed.org About SantaFe Healthcare SantaFe Healthcare is the parent company of AvMed Health Plans and is based in Gainesville. Besides AvMed, SantaFe Healthcare has two other affiliates, North Florida Retirement Village and Hospice of North Central Florida. |
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