April 2008
(Irving, TX) The Parker Group, Inc., an industry leading, full service integrated health care organization, today announced the appointment of Alex Arnet as Chief Sales Officer for The Parker Group. Mr. Arnet brings a wealth of industry knowledge and experience along with strong leadership skills. "We are pleased to have Alex join our management team," said Ted Parker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Parker Group. "Alex will assist us in reaching our aggressive organic growth objectives along with bringing innovative cost savings concepts to our clients. I am confident he will be an important contributor to the success of The Parker Group," stated Mr. Parker. Mr. Arnet has more than 20 years of sales and sales management experience in the Managed Care industry. His successful track record in growing companies includes proven results at Prudential, United Healthcare, United Healthcare Administrators/Benesight and Great-West Healthcare. After United's acquisition of MetraHealth, he successfully transitioned the Rocky Mountain region into a top net growth region.
He was a part of the management team that took United HealthCare Administrators from a public company to a private company. He was instrumental in managing the sales organization to produce results leading United HealthCare Administrators (eventually became Benesight/Harrington) to become the largest independently owned third party administrator in the country with over 1 million members. Before joining The Parker Group as Chief Sales Officer, Mr. Arnet was part of the management team that successfully launched the Specialty Markets division for Great-West HealthCare. The division was formed in late 2003 and added over 750,000 new members with over $100 million in revenue by the end of 2007.
About The Parker Group, Inc.
The Parker Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and led by Ted Parker, Chairman and CEO. The company is headquartered in Irving, Texas. The Parker Group brings value-driven health care to a nationwide client base and is comprised of distinct but synergistically linked business units within the health care marketplace. Companies include American Administrative Group, 5th largest employee benefit third party administrator; AmeriScript, full-service prescription benefit manager; CareVu, information technology provider; Free First Healthcare Clinics, on-site health care clinics; HealthSmart Preferred Care, leading independent PPO in Texas; Interplan Health Group, nationally recognized PPO and Q-elements, URAC accredited, full-service care management company. To learn more about The Parker Group, visit www.theparkergroup.com.
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