DMAA Announces Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD of Anthem
As the new President of the Disease Management Association of America

WASHINGTON, DC—A new slate of officers and Board members were confirmed by DMAA members at the October 13th Annual DMAA Business meeting.

New officers elected by the membership for the 2003-2004 term of office include:

President: Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD, Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Anthem, Inc.
President-Elect: Christobel Selecky, CEO, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc.
Past President: Robert Stone, Executive Vice President, American Healthways
Treasurer: Mark Santry, Director, Medical Affairs Commercial Operations, GlaxoSmithKline
Secretary: William Popik, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Aetna
Chair—Quality & Research Committee: Jaan Sidorov, MD, FACP, CMCE, Medical Director, Care Coordination, Geisinger Health Plan

In addition to assuming the Association's highest office, Dr. Nussbaum also served as 2003 Program Chair for the 5th Annual Disease Management Leadership Forum which once again had record attendance for the fifth year in a row. For Anthem, Dr. Nussbaum serves as chief spokesperson on medical issues, guides Anthem's vision regarding quality of care and its measurement, directs corporate medical policy, leads programs to build Anthem's cost of care performance and build partnerships with Anthem's physician and hospital community.

He joined Anthem from BJC Health Care of St. Louis, where he was executive vice president for medical affairs and system integration. His past experience also includes serving as a professor at Harvard Medical School and as a member of the staff at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he led programs in clinical endocrinology and basic research.

A graduate of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Nussbaum completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Stanford and Massachusetts General Hospital and fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Harvard. He has also received teaching awards and authored numerous scientific and clinical articles.

"Disease management is delivering on health care's promise by applying scientific and medical advances to assure quality-based care is delivered to those with chronic disease. It involves collaboration with physicians, the use of information technology and strategies to empower people to be more engaged in their health care, " said Dr. Nussbaum. "I am honored to have the opportunity to build upon the strong work of the DMAA as we work toward a lifetime approach to chronic illness. "

In the past year alone, DMAA has tapped the tremendous talent of its members and Board of Directors to:

• Become a respected "national voice" and change agent for how our healthcare system can better manage chronic diseases.
• Promote legislative initiatives to provide access to disease management for the Medicare population.
• Adapt privacy legislation to better accommodate the communication needs between patients and their care team.
• Provide legislative and educational support to organizations looking to adopt disease management for the Medicaid population.
• Significantly access to quality educational programs concerning disease management.
• Facilitate important research on how to better measure DM performance.
• Foster the expansion of disease management into international markets including the launch of the 1st Annual DMAA Disease Management International Summit October 11-12, 2003 and the formation of DM Associations outside of the United States.
• Create vehicles for exchange of expertise in other important sectors of the healthcare industry including the physician community and military sector.

In addition to the new officers, six new board members were elected to three-year terms:

George Bennett, Chairman/CEO, Health Dialog
Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., C.A.E., President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Group Association
Harlan Levine, MD, Chief Medical Officer, United Healthcare, Specialized Care Services
Woodrow A. Myers Jr. MD, MBA, Executive VP and Chief Medical Officer, Wellpoint, Inc.
Gordon Norman, MD, VP, Health Care Quality, PacifiCare
Paul J. Wallace, MD, Executive Director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente

"The Association has been very fortunate in attracting a Board that reads like a 'who's who of healthcare'," said DMAA Executive Director Warren Todd. "The rapid growth of the association and our ability to influence important national health policies is clearly related to the high caliber and hard work of our volunteer officers and Board members."

DMAA membership now includes all the major national health plans in the United States. The Board of Directors was also expanded from 24 to 27 members.

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Based in Washington, D.C., the Disease Management Association of America is a non-profit, voluntary membership organization, founded in March of 1999, which represents all aspects of the disease management community. For more information, please visit www.dmaa.org.

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