What Happened?
Minneapolis, MN-based HealthPartners has Appointed Alan V. Abramson as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Founded in 1957, HealthPartners is the largest consumer-governed, non-profit health care organization in the nation. It is dedicated to improving the health of its members, patients and the community. HealthPartners provides a full-range of health plan services including insurance, administration and health and well-being programs. It serves more than 1.4 million medical and dental health plan members nationwide, and is the top-ranked commercial plan in Minnesota. Its Medicare plan has the highest rating (five stars), which only 11 plans in the nation achieved in 2013. Since its combination with Park Nicollet in 2013, its care system includes more than 1,700 physicians; five hospitals; 50 primary care clinics; 21 urgent care locations; and numerous specialty practices in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. In addition, Stillwater Medical Group, part of the HealthPartners family of care, includes 80 physicians serving the St. Croix Valley region. HealthPartners Dental Group has more than 60 dentists and 21 dental clinics. HealthPartners also provides medical education and conducts research through its Institute of Education and Research.
About the Person
Alan Abramson joined HealthPartners in 2000 as the senior vice president for Information Services and chief information officer. In his role, he has responsibility for information services and technology across the HealthPartners enterprise. He has more than two decades of experience in health care, in both care delivery and managed care organizations. Mr. Abramson is active in many state and local initiatives for health care, including: the Minnesota HealthCare Connection, Minnesota HIPAA Collaborative, Minnesota e-Health Advisory Committee and Minnesota Collaborative for e-RX and e-lab clinical data exchange. He is on the National Advisory Board of the Rx2000 Solutions Institute, the National Council of the American Lung Association and the board of the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest. Mr. Abramson is board chair of the Twin Cities Community Shared Electronic Patient Abstract and chair and past board member of the Managed Care Executive Group. He graduated cum laude from Wheaton College in Illinois, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, with a concentration in computer applications and decision science.
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