BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Names New CEO; Gregg Tapped to Lead Company.Business Editors, Health & Medical Writers CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 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. Vicky Gregg has been named to succeed retiring executive Tom Kinser as chief executive officer of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , effective Feb. 1, 2003. The announcement was made by the company's board of directors at a meeting held last week. "Vicky Gregg's 25-year career in health care has prepared her well for the responsibility of running our company," Kinser said. "She will provide a wealth of personal knowledge and significant management expertise to address the challenges and opportunities presented in today's health care industry and marketplace." Kinser, who has served 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 BlueCross since 1994, has been instrumental in directing the company's success. His corporate vision, leadership skills and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. have helped position the company as one of the state's most valued businesses and resources. In her new role, Gregg will assume responsibility for all aspects of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee activities. She will establish overall corporate objectives and advance new strategic initiatives for business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , benefit product design, and service excellence. A key initiative is to proactively address health care affordability, with the goal of making health care coverage achievable and within the means of each person. "I'm fortunate to be in a position to promote a collaborative effort to bring affordable health care coverage within reach of all Tennesseans," Gregg said. Gregg began her career at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee as president and CEO of Volunteer State Health Plan, a subsidiary of BlueCross and one of the largest Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. health maintenance organizations in the country. She was selected in 1995 to oversee government programs, including responsibility for TennCare operations. She was named president and chief operating officer of the corporation in December 2001. Prior to joining BlueCross, Gregg served as a regional vice president for Humana, Inc. in Kentucky and Ohio where she represented various models of managed care, including preferred provider, staff, group and academic models. She has served on numerous business and community boards Community Boards is a community based mediation program, established in 1976, in San Francisco, California, USA. The program utilizes volunteers from from the neighbourhoods of the city, who work with people involved in disagreements toward the end of resolving the dispute, , including the BlueCross BlueShield Association, Tennessee Healthcare Consortium for Nursing, United Way of Chattanooga, Allied Arts, Chattanooga State Foundation Board, Chamber of Commerce Board, and the Governor's Roundtable. Gregg is married to Dr. Fred Gregg, III, a practicing ophthalmologist ophthalmologist /oph·thal·mol·o·gist/ (of?thal-mol´ah-jist) a physician who specializes in ophthalmology. oph·thal·mol·o·gist n. A physician who specializes in ophthalmology. , and has two children. About BlueCross Founded in 1945, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is a Chattanooga-based, not-for-profit company that now serves more than 4.1 million people. The company paid more than 42 million claims and $11.4 billion in health care benefits in 2001. For more information on BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, visit the company's Web site at www.bcbst.com. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is an independent licensee licensee n. a person given a license by government or under private agreement. (See: license, licensor) LICENSEE. One to whom a license has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n. of the BlueCross BlueShield Association. |
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