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Dr. Howard Epstein Joins Blue Cross as Medical Director for Commercial Operations and Clinical Design
EAGAN, Minn., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Howard Epstein, M.D. has joined Blue
Cross and Blue Shield ofMinnesota as medical director for commercial
operations and clinical design. In his new role, Dr. Epstein will be
responsible for supporting case review and clinician consultation for
integrated health management. He will also provide consultation for the
Clinical Design area, serve as a liaison to Blue Cross accounts, and provide
leadership to advance Blue Cross' Whole Person Health Support strategy.
Dr. Epstein comes to Blue Cross from HealthPartners, where he served as
the medical director of care management and palliative care at Regions
Hospital. At Regions he provided administrative and medical leadership for the
case management, social work, utilization review, complaint documentation,
palliative care, complementary therapy and chaplaincy departments.
Dr. Epstein received his bachelor of arts and doctor of medicine degrees
from Washington University inSaint Louis, Mo. Dr. Epstein is board certified
in both internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield ofMinnesota, with headquarters in theSt. Paul
suburb ofEagan, was chartered in 1933 asMinnesota's first health plan and
continues to carry out its charter mission today: to promote a wider, more
economical and timely availability of health services for the people of
Minnesota. A nonprofit, taxable organization, Blue Cross is the largest health
plan based inMinnesota, covering 2.9 million members inMinnesota and
nationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliated
companies. Blue Cross and Blue Shield ofMinnesota is an independent licensee
of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered inChicago.
http://www.bluecrossmn.com
SOURCE Blue Cross and Blue Shield ofMinnesota
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