Health Insurer Group Names an Interim CEO
Julie Simon Miller, a Senate veteran, will lead AHIP into the fall budget bill wars.
America’s Health Insurance Plans will head into a tense budget negotiation period in Washington with a temporary leader who has experience on Capitol Hill.
AHIP has picked Julie Simon Miller, its general counsel, to be its interim CEO, starting Oct. 2.
Matt Eyles, the current CEO, announced in May that he would be leaving the post at the end of September. Eyles has been the CEO since 2018.
What It Means
AHIP represents many large major medical insurance providers and companies, including Aflac and Genworth, that sell other policies that are regulated as health insurance products.
As the interim CEO of AHIP, Miller will shape health insurers’ efforts to defend the current federal funding levels and tax rules for Medicare, Medicaid, commercial major medical insurance and supplemental health benefits.
Miller’s Background
Miller began working for AHIP in 2005 and became its general counsel in 2015.
She has a bachelor’s degree from Vassar and a law degree from George Washington University.
From 1992 through 1995, she worked as an assistant legislative counsel in the Senate. She also spent three years as executive director for regulatory affairs at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
AHIP Chair David Holmberg described Miller as an executive with a broad industry perspective and deep legal and policy experience.
“The entire board of directors has great confidence in Julie’s ability to lead AHIP during this interim period,” Holmberg said.
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