NCQA Taps Tom Fluegel as New COO [Health & Beauty Close – Up]

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced that Tom Fluegel will be its Chief Operating Officer, effective December 4.

"Tom's more than 20 years of experience driving successful strategy and operations for major health care players will be a terrific asset for NCQA," said NCQA President Margaret E. O'Kane. "I look forward to working with him and am excited about what his versatility and expertise in IT, business development and product development will mean for NCQA."

In a release, the group said that Fluegel comes to NCQA most recently from Coventry Health Care, where he was COO of dental insurance operations for four years. From 1999 to 2008 he held diverse leadership positions within divisions of UnitedHealth Group, including two vice president posts, chief information officer and senior vice president for client operations.

Previously, he directed group administration and sales activities at Cigna, as well as acquisitions, integration and operations at the California-based SafeGuard Health Enterprises.

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