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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 13, 2017 -- The Health Care Administrators Association (HCAA), a leader in education, networking and advocacy for the self-funding industry, today announced that Carolyn Jarschke, founder and co-owner of QVI Risk Solutions, Inc., a Third-Party Administrator (TPA), has been elected to the Board of Directors.
A past HCAA President, Jarschke will fill a previously vacated seat as she joins a group of executives who lead the association in its efforts to extend awareness of self-funding initiatives, engage and grow membership levels, direct advocacy efforts, and promote educational forums – including the association’s two signature events, TPA Summit and Executive Forum.
“The Health Care Administrators Association is extremely pleased to welcome the remarkable leadership and vast expertise Carolyn brings to our board,” said HCAA Chief Executive Officer Carol Berry, CSFS. “A former President of the Association, she has displayed an outstanding dedication to HCAA, and we look ahead to the continued impact she will make in guiding our association forward as a pioneer in the self-funding industry.”
HCAA’s largest annual conference, Executive Forum, will take place February 5-7, 2018 at the Encore in Las Vegas. Headlining the list of nationally known speakers at the event will be former TED speaker Dr. Daniel Kraft, Chair for Medicine, Singularity University and Founder and Chair, Exponential Medicine. Early discount conference registration and 2018 sponsorship information is now available on the website.
For more information on HCAA’s Board of Directors and Officers, visit the Board of Directors webpage.
About HCAA
The Health Care Administrators Association is the nation’s most prominent nonprofit trade association that supports the education, networking, resource and advocacy needs of third-party administrators (TPAs), stop loss insurance carriers, managing general underwriters, audit firms, medical managers, technology organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, brokers/agents, human resource managers and health care consultants. For more than 35 years, HCAA has taken a leadership role in transforming the self-funding industry, and increasing the importance of self-funding as an alternative in the health care delivery systems of our country.
For more information, visit www.hcaa.org, or connect with us at @HCAAinfo, HCAA LinkedIn or HCAA YouTube.
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Dave Anderson
Anderson Interactive on behalf of HCAA
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