McNAir Named President of OakTree Health Plan.

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 1999--

OakTree Health Plan, a Philadelphia-based subsidiary of Health Risk Management, Inc. (Nasdaq:HRMI) announced today that Gerald L. McNair has been appointed president effective September 1, 1999.

OakTree Health Plan is an HMO that provides health care services to Medicaid recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania as part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's HealthChoices program.

"We are extremely pleased to have the leadership and experience that Gerald McNair brings to OakTree Health Plan," said Gary McIlroy, MD, chairman and chief executive officer, HRM. "Gerald has many years of senior executive responsibility in all aspects of the managed health care industry including extensive experience in the Medicaid managed care arena."

McNair joins OakTree Health Plan from his prior position as president and chief executive officer of CarePartners, LLC, a Medicaid HMO based in Baltimore, MD. CarePartners was created through a partnership with the University of Maryland, Mercy Medical System, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland and Total Health Care.

Previously, McNair served as president and chief executive officer of Americaid of New Jersey, Inc., an HMO that served the Medicaid population in Newark, NJ. In this role, he grew this start-up HMO to 15,000 members in eighteen months. McNair has also held executive positions with Aetna Professional Management Corporation, Travelers Managed Care System and INOVA Health Systems.

A native of Boston, McNair holds a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.P.H. in Hospital Administration from Yale University. He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a board member of the Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake and of the Leadership of Rockland County, New York.

McNair succeeds Adele Kimpell, executive vice president of HRM, who was named acting president of OakTree Health Plan earlier this summer during the search for a president. Kimpell will continue with her current responsibilities at OakTree Health Plan and aid in the transition through the fall.

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