Dave Tanton named general manager, UNICARE Western Region; UNICARE expanding into Nevada and Arizona with 26-year employee leading effort.CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 1997--UNICARE Life and Health Insurance Co. has named Dave Tanton to the newly created position of general manager, Western Region, responsible for UNICARE's expansion into Nevada and Arizona. UNICARE is the national operating subsidiary of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WLP WLP WebLogic Portal (Bea Systems) WLP Wafer Level Packaging WLP Women's Learning Partnership (Bethesda, MD) WLP Workplace Learning & Performance WLP World Library Partnership, Inc. ). Tanton is responsible for expansion of UNICARE's Individual, Small Group and Senior operations initially into Nevada and Arizona, including sales, underwriting, membership, claims and customer service, revenue generation claims cost and bottom-line profitability. Tanton joined BLue Cross of California (BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) The field in an e-mail header that names additional recipients for the message. It is similar to carbon copy (cc), but the names do not appear in the recipient's message. Not all e-mail systems support the bcc feature. See fcc. ), the California operating subsidiary of WellPoint, in 1970 as a claims examiner. He has handled positions of increasing responsibility leading to his current assignment. These included director of senior services, where he introduced BCC's first Medicare Select plan. As general manager of Northern California Individual and Small Group divisions from 1992 through 1996, enrollment grew 71 percent (17.8 percent annually) from 361,862 to 619,854 -- an increase of 257,992 members. Tanton is affiliated with numerous professional organizations and associations including the American Society on Aging and the National Council on the Aging. He has also served on several California state insurance advisory committees for both the California Department of Insurance The California Department of Insurance (CDI), established in 1868, is the angency charged with overseeing the regulation of insurance regulations, enforcing statutes mandating consumer protections, educating consumers, and fostering the stability of insurance markets in the state and the State Legislature, including the Medigap Standardization Advisory committee and the California Partnership for Long Term Care. UNICARE Life and Health Insurance Co. is a subsidiary of WellPoint Health Networks Inc., one of the nation's largest publicly traded managed care companies, serving the health-care needs of nearly 5.8 million medical and more than 21 million specialty members throughout the country. The company offers a comprehensive array of health plans provided through its health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations pre·ferred provider organization n. Abbr. PPO A medical insurance plan in which members receive more coverage if they choose health care providers approved by or affiliated with the plan. and specialty managed health care networks. Specialty products include pharmacy benefits management, dental, vision, mental health, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts flexible spending account, n an employee reimbursement account primarily funded with employee-designated salary reductions. Funds are reimbursed to the employee for health care (medical and/or dental), dependent care, and/or legal expenses and are , COBRA administration, and 24-hour integrated network-based workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. . CONTACT: UNICARE Life and Health Insurance Co., Calabasas Larry Bryant, 818/703-2473 |
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