PMI Dental Health Plan Names Douglas E. Hill Vice President and Chief Dental Officer.Business Editors/Medical Writers CERRITOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002 PMI See Private Mortgage Insurance. Dental Health Plan, the dental HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, affiliate of Delta Dental Plan Delta Dental Plan, n.pr an active member organization of the Delta Dental Plans Association (a not-for-profit organization), formed and guided by state dental societies to provide prepaid dental care to the public on a group basis. of California, has named Douglas E. Hill, DDS, as vice president of PMI Professional Services and its chief dental officer The Chief Dental Officer is an official position created by the Government of Canada to improve the oral health status of Canadians and to increase awareness about the prevention of oral diseases. . Hill, 51, is the former dental director and vice president of Provider Relations for United Concordia. Prior to that, he was associated with MIDA Dental Plans of California, U.S. Dental Plan/U.S. Dental Management and National Dental Health/DentiCare of Arizona. Hill obtained a bachelor of arts and his doctorate of dental science from Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. . He also served as a member of the Committee on Third Party Payment of the State of Arizona Board of Dental Examiners. His new responsibilities include overseeing the activities of PMI's professional relations, quality management, professional services and vision departments. "Dr. Hill brings valuable expertise and experience in provider relations and dental plan management," said Robert Elliott, PMI president and Delta senior vice president. "As PMI continues to expand, we will rely upon Dr. Hill's leadership to help expand our dentist network and seek additional opportunities for growth." PMI is California's largest dental HMO, with nearly 1.3 million enrollees. It also administers the DeltaCare dental HMO programs in nine other states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). for its affiliates. PMI's parent company, Delta Dental Plan of California, provides managed fee-for-service and PPO dental programs, as well as dental HMO programs through affiliate PMI, to 16 million people. Both are part of the Illinois-based Delta Dental Plans Association, whose member Plans collectively cover more than 42 million people nationwide. |
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