Health & Fitness
Health and Fitness
Health and Fitness
Thu, January 22, 2009
Wed, January 21, 2009 Reed Tuckson, M.D., Named One of Black Enterprise?s 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America and Featured on February
MINNETONKA, Minn.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Reed Tuckson, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), has been named to Black Enterprise's "100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America" list and is featured on the cover of the magazine's February issue, which contains the list.
Black Enterprise's list and accompanying special report identify what the magazine calls "the best and brightest leaders in business and industry" in America and spotlight the extraordinary achievements of top professionals who the publication believes are "best positioned to lead the way" and shape new models for success in these challenging times.
"Reed's recognition by Black Enterprise points toward not only his ability to translate ideas into cost-effective health solutions that will improve the quality and efficiency of health services, but also his unwavering, physician-first commitment to helping people live healthier, more productive lives," said Stephen Hemsley, chief executive officer and president of UnitedHealth Group.
Black Enterprise editors selected candidates who have had significant influence on both their company and industry and who are among the highest ranking executives at the top 1,000 U.S. publicly traded companies (or at international corporations with gross revenues of at least $1 billion). The men and women on the list are CEOs, CFOs, COOs or heads of major divisions that significantly contribute to their company's revenues, or officers or members of their company's executives committees. Each executive has revenue-generating or operating responsibilities or holds a position critical to product development and the bottom line.
As executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group, Dr. Tuckson directs and oversees the clinically-related programs of the Company's six operating businesses and has oversight for the work of more than 10,000 clinical personnel. As a member of the executive management team of UnitedHealth Group, Dr. Tuckson has a variety of other leadership responsibilities, including those with the United Health Foundation, a not-for-profit, private foundation supported by UnitedHealth Group. Since 1999, the Foundation has committed nearly $150 million to fulfilling its social mission.
Dr. Tuckson has been a leader of health care organizations for more than 25 years and has been a member of several bi-partisan Federal senior cabinet-level advisory committees on genetics, health reform, infant mortality, children's health, violence and radiation testing. Before joining UnitedHealth Group in 2000, he was senior vice president for professional standards at the American Medical Association; and in the late 1980s he was one of the youngest-ever Commissioners of Public Health for Washington, D.C.
Dr. Tuckson also has served as the president of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, senior physician leader of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and the medical director of a skilled nursing home.
Black Enterprise's "100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America" issue (February 2009) is currently available on newsstands.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to making health care work better. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through six operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, OptumHealth, Ingenix, and Prescription Solutions. Through its family of businesses, UnitedHealth Group serves more than 70 million individuals nationwide.
