Thursday, March 3, 2011

Benson named to top spot at state health care agency - Orlando Business Journal:

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Agwunobi will step down Feb. 22 to become regionao CEO of and Services, which is a Rhode Island-based Catholid hospital system. Agwunobi also cited the need to be reunitede with family as a reason to step down from the AHCA Benson most recently was secretary of thestate . She was a membefr of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000to 2006, and chairedr the Health and Families Council beginnin in 2004. Prior to joiningg the Crist team, she was a municipal bond attorney with Millee Canfield Paddock andStone PLC.
The agency manages Florida's $16 billion Medicaid program and licenses and regulatea health care facilities and health maintenance organizationzs and publishes health care dataand statistics. Crist appointe Agwunobi agency secretary inDecember 2006, one day after Agwunobii resigned as a member of the board of directore of (NYSE: WCG). WellCare provides managec care services targeted exclusivelyto government-sponsored health care plans, focusing on Medicaid and Medicare. In October, state and federal law enforcement agentsraidee WellCare's Tampa headquarters in a probe that analystw have speculated is focused on the company's Florida Medicaid business.
In WellCare's top three executivess announced theywould resign. The Bensom appointment comes shortlyafter Crist's proposal to eliminatse the certificate of need processd that requires regulatory approval to builed new hospitals.

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