New Members Named to URAC's Board of...(Welfare and Institutions Committee...),Health

Institutions Committee, which had legislative oversight of the Colorado

Departments of Human Services, Public Health and Environment, and

Health Care Policy and Financing. She served on Colorado Springs'

Memorial Hospital board of directors for seven years, serving as chair

of its Government Relations Committee for four years. In November 2000,

she was elected mayor of Manitou Springs, CO. Prior to her appointment

as commissioner of insurance, she served as chair of the Division of

Insurance's volunteer Consumer Council and is a consumer

representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

-- Vernon C. Rowen, vice president for government affairs of Express

Scripts, Inc., nominated by the Pharmaceutical Care Management

Association (PCMA). In his position at Express Scripts he is

responsible for managing corporate legislative and regulatory

initiatives such as state and federal government relations, public

policy, political action, community involvement and trade association

activities. Prior to joining Express Scripts in 2000, he represented

health plan and health insurer interests with the state legislature and

departments of insurance at the Health Insurance Association of America

and the American Association of Health Plans. He holds a bachelor of

arts degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.

"The composition of the URAC Board of Directors is designed to reflect the providers, industry, and public stakeholders in the health care sectors it accredits and serves," said Alan P. Spielman, URAC's president and chief executive officer. In addition to subject matter experts, the board is composed of individuals representing its member organizations which include: American College of Physicians, America's Health Insurance Plans, American Health Quali
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