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Devon Health Services, Inc. and Evergreen Re create
needed solutions for healthcare concerns.
King of Prussia, PA- April 5, 2004-Devon Health Services,
Inc. (DHS), the Northeast's most extensive Preferred
Provider Organization and National Healthcare Cost Management
Company, has recently partnered with Evergreen Re Incorporated,
a national healthcare brokerage firm, to offer specialty
medical reinsurance and cost management products and
services to DHS members.
The DHS and Evergreen Re partnership will provide Devon
Health Services members much greater access to quality
healthcare products and services, including: Portfolio
Excess Loss, Managed Transplant Insurance, Pharmacy
Benefit Management Audit and Management Services, High
Cost Injectable Therapy Management, Employer Stop Loss
as well as Errors & Omissions Liability and Directors
& Officers coverage.
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"Devon Health Services and Evergreen Re are leaders
in their primary spaces, employer and managed care reinsurance,
respectively," said Ward Humphreys, Vice President
of Evergreen Re. "Our strategic alliance allows
us to bring an array of best in class solutions and
expertise to Devon's clients, providing them with additional
tools to effectively manage risk and control costs in
the areas of greatest exposure," he added.
Evergreen Re professionals are a dedicated team of
experts with extensive experience in managed care and
medical risk programs. These experts have unprecedented
access to the reinsurance and high-risk insurance market.
Additionally, their technical and analytical expertise
allows them to act as advocates when selecting the best
coverage for a company. Evergreen Re's Client Services
staff ensures the accuracy of excess claim reimbursements
and turnaround times that are half of industry averages.
The partnership with Evergreen Re is part of Devon
Health Services commitment to providing the best possible
healthcare products to its clients and members.
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Evergreen Re Appoints Chief Operating Officer
Bill Whitaker was appointed Chief Operating
Officer of Evergreen Re Incorporated. Bill brings more than
20 years of management experience and more than a dozen years
of senior management health care expertise. Before joining
Evergreen Re, Whitaker served as Vice President of Sales for
Horizon Behavioral Services. He was also Chief Operating Officer
for Magellan Specialty Health, Senior Vice President and Chief
Marketing Officer for Foundation Health of Florida, Inc, and
President of PCA Health Plans of Alabama, Inc.
Whitaker, who also brings more than 20 years
experience in information systems and technology to the firm,
has a bachelor degree in psychology from Troy State University
and a masters' degree in management from the University of
South Florida.
Evergreen Re taps head of Alabama office
Buck Howard has joined Evergreen Re as vice
president and manager of its Alabama office, located in Birmingham.
Howard brings more than 13 years of managed
care reinsurance and excess loss insurance to Evergreen Re,
including HMO reinsurance and insolvency protection, managed
transplant insurance for health plans and employers, provider
excess loss insurance, and employer stop loss.
Prior to joining Evergreen Re, Howard was
vice president of the medical services division for Molton,
Allen & Williams in Birmingham. He also spent 15 years
in the sales consulting and management recruiting industry
and was national sales manager for the Southern Medical Association.
A former Auburn University football player,
Howard served in Vietnam as a member of the 101st Airborne
Division's Screaming Eagles.
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