Duane E. Davis, M.D., FACP, FACR
President and Chief Executive Officer Geisinger Health Plan/Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Company/Geisinger Quality Options
Duane E. Davis, M.D., FACP, FACR, became President and Chief Executive Officer of Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Company (GIIC) and Geisinger Quality Options, Inc. (GQO) on May 21, 2012.
Geisinger Health Plan is one of Geisinger Health System’s core businesses and has been a contributor to its success. A not-for-profit health maintenance organization, GHP has approximately 290,000 members in 43 counties of northeastern and central Pennsylvania and is one of the nation’s largest rural HMOs. GHP has more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue and more than 1,000 employees. Third party administration services are provided through GHP’s affiliate, GIIC. PPO plans are offered through GQO.
Davis joined Geisinger Health System 1978 and has more than 30 years of experience in health care and managed care management. Most recently, he served as vice president, chief medical officer for Geisinger Health Plan, a position he held since 2000. His career-long interest in clinical quality improvement, clinical and financial health care redesign and value creation has included participation at the local, state and national levels. He continues to practice medicine in Geisinger Health System’s Department of Rheumatology.
Davis graduated from The Pennsylvania State University and completed his residency at Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.
A Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology, Davis is a clinical professor of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University–Jefferson Medical College. Davis chairs the Review Oversight Committee (ROC) for the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and is a member of the American College of Physician Executives and the National Association of Managed Care Physicians. He is also a member and former chair of the Chief Medical Officer’s Leadership Council Committee for the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) on Quality Health Care.
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