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Article: HIAA welcomes new boss.(Health Insurance Association of America, Donald Young)
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- December 3, 2001
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The Health Insurance Association of America has promoted Donald Young, M.D., its chief operating officer and medical director, to president, filling a vacancy created by the May departure of Charles ``Chip'' Kahn, who joined the Federation of American Hospitals.
Young, 62, previously served as senior vice president of policy and clinical services at the American Association of Health Plans and as executive director of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, the predecessor of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
He takes the reins of an organization with more than 300 members and 123 million beneficiaries.
``We are truly fortunate ...