Crampton Appointed President and CEO of Managed Health Services in Wisconsin.

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MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2000

Kathleen R. Crampton has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Managed Health Services Insurance Corp. (MHS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it was announced Tuesday.

Crampton replaces MHS' Acting President and CEO Michael F. Neidorff, who is also the President and CEO of Centene Corporation, the management company for MHS.

"We are pleased to announce that Kathleen Crampton has been appointed to head Managed Health Services in Wisconsin," Neidorff said. "Her extensive knowledge and experience in the managed health care industry will help move MHS to the forefront as the leading Medicaid Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in Wisconsin."

Before joining MHS, Crampton was a Senior Consultant for the national PriceWatershouseCoopers (PWC) firm and worked out of its Chicago, Illinois office. At PWC, she was the project manager for the development of a new health insurance program and on-line Internet system designed for employers.

She also provided consulting services to HMOs, insurance companies and other health care organizations. Crampton also served as Vice President of the Patterson Group in Chicago where she provided strategic and business planning and marketing services for HMOs, providers and medical manufacturers.

Prior to working at the Patterson Group, she was the Vice President of Marketing for Healthtech Services Corporation. She helped raise $12 million from Illinois and New York venture companies and developed the firm's marketing strategy and business plan to sell innovative home care robotics and telemedicine information systems. She also worked for Kaiser Permanente, Harvard Community Health Plan, and Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Crampton received her M.P.H. in Health Administration from Harvard University and her M.B.A. in finance from George Washington University. She also earned her M.U.A. in Urban Studies and a B.A. degree in History from Boston University. She has been published in such periodicals as The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Washington Health Outlook: Health Legislation and Regulation, Home Health Care Management and Practice and others.

Based In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, MHS provides Medicaid managed care services for more than 41,000 Medicaid and BadgerCare (Children's Health Insurance Program) Members in 18 counties.

Centene is a 16-year-old privately-held national government services managed care company providing management services for its health plans in Indiana, Texas and Wisconsin.