Friday, October 13, 2000
Plenary Session:
Managed Care and Culturally Diverse Populations
George Halvorson
President and CEO, HealthPartners
George C. Halvorson is President and Chief Executive Officer of
HealthPartners. A 660,000 member health plan, HealthPartners is headquartered
in Bloomington, Minnesota and is one of the largest health plans in the
United States. Mr. Halvorson is past chair of The American Association
of Health Plans (AAHP), the national association of HMOs and was honored
as œExecutive of the Year” by Corporate Report magazine five years ago.
Mr. Halvorson has more than 25 years of health care management experience.
Prior to his current position, he was President and Chief Executive Officer
of Group Health, Inc. Before joining Group Health in 1986, Mr. Halvorson
held several management positions with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota,
including Executive Director of HMO Minnesota. Mr. Halvorson also was
Senior Vice President of Marketing, and Director of Planning and Budget
for Blue Cross and Blue Shield. He has served as President of Senior Health
Plan and President of Health Accord International, an international HMO
management company, and continues to serve as a member of the Board for
HealthPartners of Uganda.
Mr. Halvorson is past chair of the Group Health Association of America
(GHAA), the largest national trade association for HMO's. GHAA merged
with the American Managed Care and Review Association (AMCRA) to form
the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP). He served as the first
chair of AAHP. He was a member of the Minnesota Health Care Commission
and serves on numerous boards. He was appointed to serve on the Minnesota
State Commission on Health Care Access, the Commission on Regulatory Reform,
and the Governor's Task Force on Violence as a Public Health Problem.
He is also a principal voting delegate for International Federation of
Health Plans. He is a frequent lecturer and writer on health care topics,
and is the author of two health care books, including "Strong Medicine,"
published by Random House. A third book, "Myths, Lies and Misconceptions”
is currently being written.
George Halvorson
President
HealthPartners
8100 34th Avenue South
PO Box 1309
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309
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