March 12, 2003
Contact:
IHA (925) 746-5100
bcarter@iha.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INTEGRATED
HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION NAMES CIGNA, MERCK MEMBERS
WALNUT
CREEK, CA – The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), a statewide
leadershipgroup active in health care policy and managed care issues, announces
the appointment of two new members to its board of directors:
Timothy C. Duffey, executive director of managed care for Merck
& Co., Inc.; and Peter B. Welch,
president and market leader of CIGNA Healthcare of California.
Tim
Duffey directs the activities of 12 account executives servicing the
contractual needs of managed care organizations responsible for the health care
of more than 23 million patients nationwide.
He joined Merck & Co. in 1985 as a professional representative in
Northern California. Following a
series of sales management positions with increasing responsibility, he was
promoted to National Account Executive for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan.
His success with Kaiser provided a strong foundation for promotion in
1994 to Senior and ultimately Executive Director responsible for negotiation and
servicing of all HMO/PBM accounts in the Western United States.
Duffey earned his undergraduate degree in Education at San Diego State
University and his MBA from California State University in Hayward.
Peter
B. Welch was named president and market leader of CIGNA Healthcare of
California in February 2003. Prior
to his appointment, he was vice president of sales, responsible for managing new
and existing business and increasing new business revenue production in 2002 by
more than 40 percent. Prior to
joining CIGNA HealthCare, Welch served as regional sales director for United
HealthCare and Uniprise. During his
five-year tenure with that company, he held numerous sales and sales management
positions, including the responsibility to successfully integrate the middle
market sales and client management teams for MetraHealth prior to its
acquisition by United HealthCare. In
addition, Peter spent nearly 11 years with The Travelers Insurance Company. An active member of the community, Peter is on the Board of
Directors for Buckelew, a community-based non-profit organization that provides
low-income housing for those suffering from mental illness.
He is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside.
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IHA
(www.iha.org) is a California leadership group of health plans, physician
groups, and health care systems, plus academic, purchaser, consumer, and
pharmaceutical industry representatives, committed to policy development,
public dialogue, and special projects associated with the continuing evolution
of managed health care. IHA’s
most recent undertaking is a collaborative Pay for Performance initiative
involving six major California HMOs and their medical groups.
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