Charles Bell and Michael Stocker Bolster Non-Profit’s Mission

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Stephen Warnke, Chair of the independent non-profit organization FAIR Health, Inc., formally announced today the election of Charles Bell and Michael Stocker to its Board of Directors.

“We are delighted to welcome Charles and Michael to FAIR Health’s board,” Mr. Warnke said.  “The addition of these talented professionals bolsters our core mission: to unite diverse stakeholders around fairness and transparency in healthcare reimbursement.”

“FAIR Health is privileged to add Charles and Michael to the deep well of talent and experience that is represented on our board,” said Robin Gelburd, FAIR Health’s President. “We look forward to their contributions to our data products and consumer offerings.”

Mr. Bell is currently the Programs Director for External Affairs and Advocacy at Consumers Union and focuses on consumer policy issues. He oversees the Consumer Reports WebWatch project, which works to improve the credibility of information on the Internet. Mr. Bell has testified before U.S. Congressional committees on a number of issues, including out-of-network reimbursement.

Dr. Stocker is currently Chairman of the Board of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and has more than three decades of healthcare experience. He was President and CEO of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the health insurer, where he was responsible for bringing financial stability to the organization and overseeing a successful conversion to for-profit status.

More information about the multi-stakeholder FAIR Health Board of Directors can be found at http://www.fairhealthus.org/about-us/board. 

About FAIR Health

FAIR Health was founded in 2009, after then-New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and major health insurers in that state reached a settlement of his charges regarding potential conflicts of interest in the data that health insurers were using to help calculate reimbursements to patients who received care from providers outside their health plans’ networks. Although the investigation began in New York, the settlement gave rise to a national remedy: FAIR Health and unprecedented transparency for health industry consumers nationwide.

CONTACT:

FAIR Health
Ashley Smyth, 212-370-0704
asmyth@fairhealthus.org
or
Rubenstein Communications for FAIR Health
Erik Hendrickson, 212-843-8098
ehendrickson@rubenstein.com

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