Aetna U.S. Healthcare™ Names Dr. Evangeline Franklin Medical Director For New Orleans
METARIE, LA, November 13, 1997 — (NYSE: ΑET) Evangeline Franklin, MD, MPH, has been named Aetna U.S. Healthcare’s network medical director for Louisiana, based in the New Orleans office. The appointment was announced by Dean Hovencamp, general manager of Louisiana for Aetna U.S. Healthcare.
Dr. Franklin will be responsible for recruiting and building strategic relationships with the medical community in New Orleans and the state. She will act as a liaison between Aetna U.S. Healthcare and participating primary care and specialty physician networks regarding the company’s credentialing, medical policies and chronic disease management programs.
"We’re delighted to add a physician of Dr. Franklin’s caliber to our medical management team," said Hovencamp. "She shares our commitment to providing access to high-quality, cost-effective health care to residents of the area. Dr. Franklin will play a key role in positioning Aetna US Healthcare as the leader in managed care in the state."
Before joining Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Dr. Franklin was with University MEDNET, a multispeciality physician group practice affiliated with University Hospitals Health System, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1989. While there, she was Director of the Immediate Care Department, an urgent care practice of 65,000 annual visits where she practiced full time. In addition, she was administrative director of occupational medicine and ancillary services, medical director of the Call Center, chair of the Clinical Practices Council and a member of the Operations Group and Executive Staff. Before that, she was assistant medical director at Cleveland Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.
Board-certified in internal medicine, Dr. Franklin is a member of the American College of Physician Executives, American Group Practice Association, Healthcare Financial Management Association, American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Health Services Research.
Dr. Franklin earned her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Princeton University and her medical degree and master’s degree in public health from Yale University. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Rochester.
Aetna U.S. Healthcare is the nation’s leading health and related benefits organization, with a total health enrollment of more than 14 million Americans nationwide. In addition, Aetna U.S. Healthcare provides quality measurement and improvement programs and data analysis for providers and purchasers of health care. In Louisiana, Aetna U.S. Healthcare currently has a number of managed care programs including its Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Point of Service (POS) and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) options as well as a Medicare HMO and traditional indemnity plans.
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