April brought several key appointments of healthcare experts within the fields of research, law, insurance and risk management.
Law firm Wilson Kehoe Winingham hired Lauren Anno as a second on-staff legal nurse consultant to assist with the firm’s focus on severe, permanent injury cases.
“The Center’s role is to monitor signals from the market and identify innovative solutions that can help clients thrive in this fast-changing environment.” Paul Keckley
Anno has been a legal nurse consultant for 18 years. She works as a liaison between the legal and medical communities, brings health science education and clinical expertise to healthcare-related issues in the litigation process, and analyzes and evaluates medical/ legal issues in medical malpractice cases.
Prior to her present position, Anno worked as a legal nurse consultant at Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman and at Ice Miller. She was a clinical staff nurse at St. Vincent Hospital and Healthcare Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, at Wishard Hospital, and at The Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. She served as a patient care coordinator at Naab Road Surgical Group and worked as a risk management consultant at the Clarian Health Risk Retention Group. Some of Anno’s clinical nursing experience includes working in medical-surgical areas including general surgical, orthopedics and gynecologic oncology and in a high-risk antenatal unit.
Anno is a past secretary of the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. She is also a past treasurer of the Indiana Society for Healthcare Risk Management and has spoken on numerous occasions at various hospitals, clinics, and physician’s offices across Indiana about the principles of risk management within their personal organizations. She is a member of the Indiana State Nurses Association.
In the field of policy and research, The Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis appointed Paul Keckley as managing director.
With nearly 40 years of experience, Keckley brings extensive healthcare industry analysis and policy expertise to Navigant’s healthcare leadership team. He previously served as the executive director for Deloitte’s Center for Health Solutions where he led a team of analysts and authored the recurring Monday Memo on Health Reform that was circulated among more than 20,000 US healthcare organizations.
“I am excited to welcome Paul to Navigant Healthcare. His knowledge of healthcare reform, his point of view on the future of the industry and his broad industry relationships create a differentiator for our practice,” said David Zito, managing director and leader of Navigant Healthcare.
“Paul’s unique experience will enhance our ability to provide actionable insights to our clients by combining industry perspectives with rigorous data analysis.”
Keckley will lead the Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis. The Center will focus on trends and issues relevant to each of the industry’s major sectors.
“Healthcare is capital-intense, labor-intense and highly regulated in the US and in developed systems of the world,” Keckley said. “The Center’s role is to monitor signals from the market and identify innovative solutions that can help clients thrive in this fast-changing environment.”
A key insurance appointment took place when MedPro Group, Berkshire Hathaway’s dedicated healthcare malpractice insurance business, appointed Jean-Paul Rebillard as president of its Health System & Hospital (HSH) division. Rebillard joins from Marsh, where he was most recently senior vice president in Marsh’s healthcare practice.
Reporting to MedPro president & CEO Tim Kenesey, Rebillard will lead a $70 million division offering healthcare malpractice insurance and risk management solutions to healthcare systems, hospitals and self-insured entities throughout the Americas.
“Jean-Paul is a terrific addition to our MedPro team,” said Kenesey. “For two decades, he has delivered smart, customized solutions to health systems, hospitals and other healthcare providers of all shapes and sizes. As a respected broker and business consultant, he has earned the respect of clients, colleagues and competitors alike.
“MedPro has built a leading health system and hospital malpractice solutions business. Jean- Paul will make us even stronger, and I have no doubt that our health systems and hospitals— and their brokers and agents—will benefit from Jean-Paul’s experience and dedication.”
With nearly all of MedPro’s HSH business produced through agents and brokers, Rebillard will partner with agents and brokers to deliver solutions and expertise.
“I am truly excited to join the nation’s leading insurer of healthcare providers,” commented Rebillard.
“Healthcare delivery is changing more rapidly than at any time in my career. Health systems and hospitals—and their brokers and agents— need new, unique, and customized solutions.
“As leader of MedPro’s HSH division, I am eager to continue my work with healthcare providers and their brokers and agents to provide solutions for their evolving and expanding healthcare malpractice, risk management and patient safety needs.”
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) also made the news when it appointed Stephen Dunn as vice president, Healthcare Professional Liability. He joins from CAN and will be based in New York.
Dunn joins BHSI with more than two decades in the healthcare insurance industry. Most recently he served as assistant vice president and hospital industry leader at CNA where he focused on allied facilities, physician groups and hospitals.
Prior to this, he held various healthcare underwriting positions at Zurich, AIG and Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company. He was also a healthcare broker at Willis, where he advised hospital and allied customers.
“With more than 20 years of industry experience, Steve will play a critical role in advancing our healthcare strategy and collaborating with our customers and brokers to provide meaningful and creative solutions in a rapidly changing industry,” said Leo Carroll, senior vice president, Healthcare Professional Liability, BHSI.
Wilson Kehoe Winingham, Lauren Anno, Navigant Center, US, Paul Keckley, MedPro Group, Berkshire Hathaway, Jean-Paul Rebillard, Stephen Dunn
