PITTSBURGH, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Eugene F. Sun, M.D., has joined HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance as the vice president of Medical Affairs for western and northern Pennsylvania. In that role, Dr. Sun will work with the insurers’ management team on medical policy and medical expense management.
Dr. Sun brings more than 19 years of clinical and health insurance experience to HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance. Most recently, he served as the vice president of Medical Affairs for Qualis Health in Seattle, Washington. Prior to that, he worked for several years as an associate regional medical director for Merck US Human Health, three years as regional medical director at PacifiCare of Washington and Oregon, and he also was a medical director for United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic. Dr. Sun earned his M.D. from the University of New Mexico and he has an M.B.A. degree from the University of Washington. He did his residency locally at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
“We are pleased and fortunate to have someone of Dr. Sun’s stature and experience joining our organization,” said Robert L. Dawson, president and chief executive officer of HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance. “Medical policy is one of our most important tools in managing the rising cost of health care. Dr. Sun’s knowledge and leadership will help us find affordable health benefit solutions for our customers.”
Dr. Sun is based at the HealthAmerica office in Pittsburgh. He can be reached at (412) 553-7385 or by e-mail at efsun@cvty.com.
About HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance
HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc., has a 30-year record of providing health care benefits. HealthAmerica, HealthAssurance Pennsylvania, Inc., and affiliate companies cover over 720,000 members in Pennsylvania and Ohio through HMO, POS, PPO, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage plans. In addition, HealthAmerica’s product for individuals and families who are not eligible for employer-sponsored health care benefits, Medicare, or Medicaid, called HealthAmericaOne, is available now in Ohio and pending approval in Pennsylvania. HealthAmerica earned an “Excellent” Accreditation for its HMO plan and HealthAssurance earned an “Excellent” Accreditation for the HealthAssurance POS by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to measuring the quality of America’s health care. With corporate offices in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance provide managed health care products and services to over 11,000 employers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. HealthAmerica and its affiliates employ over 1,500 people in Pennsylvania. For more information, visit HealthAmerica’s website at http://www.healthamerica.cvty.com/ .
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CONTACT: Kendall Marcocci, Director of Communications of HealthAmericaand HealthAssurance, +1-717-540-6746, or kmarcocci@cvty.com
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