Dr. Graham Billingham Joins Medical Protective as Chief Medical Officer
04 Novembro 2011 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Medical Protective Company (MedPro), a Berkshire Hathaway
(NYSE:BRK) subsidiary, today announced the appointment of Dr.
Graham Billingham as its Chief Medical Officer, effective January
1, 2012. As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Billingham will lead
MedPro’s Healthcare Advisory Boards, support MedPro’s clinical
underwriting, claims, risk management and sales efforts, and join
MedPro’s Business Council – the management team that helps oversee
the company’s strategic direction and ensures continued industry
leadership.
Dr. Graham Billingham Joins Medical
Protective as Chief Medical Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
“Dr. Billingham is a terrific addition to our MedPro team,”
commented MedPro President & CEO Tim Kenesey. “After a
nationwide search for a Chief Medical Officer, Graham’s breadth and
depth of experience, and passion for reducing risks and improving
outcomes in healthcare delivery were most impressive. He has proven
success as a great physician, healthcare practice executive, and
insurance executive … and he has a renowned reputation as a
national speaker, trusted advisor and leading advocate in the areas
of healthcare risk management and patient safety. I have no doubt
that our growing portfolio of over 90,000 healthcare providers will
benefit from Graham’s many talents.”
Dr. Billingham is uniquely qualified to be MedPro’s Chief
Medical Officer: he has twenty-five years of experience as a board
certified physician, fourteen years leading a complex and growing
physician practice, and seven years as an executive at a medical
malpractice insurance company (most recently as President & CEO
of EPIC Insurance Company). Dr. Billingham is the Emeritus Chairman
of the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation and has served
on the Board of the Emergency Department Practice Management
Association (EDPMA), founded and served as medical director for the
Center for Emergency Medical Education, was a co-founder of the
National Emergency Medicine Board Review Course, and served on the
American College of Emergency Physicians Coding and Nomenclature
and Medical Legal Committees.
"I am really excited to join the nation’s leading insurer of
healthcare providers,” commented Dr. Billingham. “Healthcare
delivery is changing more rapidly than at any time in my
twenty-five years as a physician; and MedPro – with over 110 years
of leadership, offerings that span the healthcare provider
continuum and unmatched strength as part of Berkshire Hathaway – is
positioned like no other company to help support healthcare
providers through these changes. I am excited to continue my work
with healthcare providers coast-to-coast in the pursuit of
improving outcomes, lowering risk and delivering solutions.”
About Medical Protective
With approximately $700 million in annual premium, Medical
Protective is a national leader in primary medical professional
liability coverage and risk solutions for healthcare providers,
including physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists,
podiatrists, other healthcare professionals, hospitals, and other
healthcare facilities. As the nation’s first provider of medical
professional liability insurance, Medical Protective has been
protecting the assets and reputations of healthcare providers since
1899. Its offerings include professional liability insurance on
both claims-made and occurrence forms; loss-sensitive pricing and
other risk sharing; reinsurance, fronting and captive support
services; claims services; risk management consulting and
education; and – through affiliates and partners – additional
products and services for its healthcare providers. Medical
professional liability insurance products are underwritten and
provided by The Medical Protective Company, rated A++ (Superior) by
A.M. Best and AA+ (Extremely Strong) by Standard & Poor’s, and
its affiliates (including MedPro RRG and National Fire &
Marine) on both admitted and excess and surplus paper, and are
distributed through a nationwide network of appointed agents,
brokers, and employee sales managers. Medical Protective is a
Berkshire Hathaway business. More information about Medical
Protective is available at www.medpro.com.
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