PacifiCare Dental & Vision's Chief Dental Officer Named President of California Association of Dental Plans.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--June 11, 2001 PacifiCare Dental & Vision (PDV PDV Petroleos de Venezuela (Oil company) PDV Productschap Diervoeder (Product Board Animal Feed, Netherlands) PDV Prozessdatenverarbeitung PDV Prune Dwarf Virus PDV Portal-Drained Viscera ), a dental and vision benefits company for employers and plan sponsors in the West, today announced that Lee J. Harris, D.D.S D.S Drainage Structure (flood protection) ., vice president and 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. , has been elected president of the California Association of Dental Plans (CADP CADP Construction and Analysis of Distributed Processes CADP Coalition Against Database Piracy CADP Collagen-Adenosine Diphosphate CADP Central Area Data Processing CADP Coordinator for Automatic Data Processing CADP Cooperative Antenna Development Program ) for the new term from May 2001 through May 2003. The CADP is an association of the state's Knox-Keene licensed managed care dental plans that promote, through education and collective action, the mutual interests of the industry. According to the association, the CADP's mission is "to provide leadership in the dental benefits industry and promote quality dental care." Currently, there are 33 member plans of the CADP in California serving more than 13 million enrollees. Harris has been with PacifiCare Dental & Vision since 1994 and currently oversees quality improvement, compliance and government relations as the company's chief dental officer. He has been actively involved with the CADP for more than eight years. He also serves on the board of directors for the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP NADP: see coenzyme. ) and is the vice-chair of NADP's Government Relations Commission. Prior to his election as CADP president, he served as secretary/treasurer. "I believe that the CADP plays an important role in helping improve the quality of dental plans and fostering collaborative relationships with the Department of Managed Health Care and other industry organizations," said Harris. "CADP member plans strive to assure that the citizens of the state of California are offered expanded access to quality and affordable dental care. "I'm honored to have the opportunity to represent this organization in California and look forward to serving the needs of CADP's member plans and constituents." About PacifiCare Dental & Vision PacifiCare Dental (a California-licensed 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, dental plan) and PacifiCare Dental & Vision Administrators (third-party administrator of indemnity and PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there dental and PPO vision plans) provide HMO, PPO and fee-for-service dental and PPO vision benefits directly to individuals, employer groups and to seniors through Secure Horizons. PacifiCare Dental & Vision/PacifiCare Dental & Vision Administrators is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of PacifiCare Health Systems PacifiCare Health Systems (former NYSE: PHS) was a Fortune 500 healthcare company based in Cypress, California. It was acquired by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) in late 2005, which continues to market health plans under the PacifiCare name. , one of the nation's largest managed health care services companies. Product offerings are currently available in California, Arizona, Nevada and in Colorado, by PacifiCare Dental of Colorado. The company is based in Anaheim, and may be reached at 800/622-6388 or at www.pacificare.com/dentalvision. About PacifiCare Health Systems Dedicated to making people's lives better, PacifiCare Health Systems is one of the nation's largest health care services companies. Primary operations include health insurance products for employer groups and Medicare beneficiaries in eight states and Guam, serving approximately 3.7 million members. Other specialty products and operations include behavioral health services, life and health insurance, dental and vision services, and pharmacy benefit management A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. . More information on PacifiCare Health Systems can be obtained at www.pacificare.com. About the CADP The CADP maintains offices in Sacramento, Calif., and its executive director, Jackie Miller, may be reached at 916/446-3122 or at westword@cal.net. |
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