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Published in Health and Fitness on Monday, January 24th 2011 at 4:35 GMT by Market Wire
LONG BEACH, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) announced today that Norman Nichols has been named president of its Medicaid health information management subsidiary, Molina Medicaid Solutions (MMS). He succeeds Terry P. Bayer, who had been serving as interim president of MMS since its acquisition by Molina Healthcare in May 2010. Bayer will now return full time to her primary role as chief operating officer of Molina Healthcare, Inc.
"Norma™s knowledge and experience in the industry, combined with his unwavering commitment to the Medicaid program and to assisting vulnerable populations, prepare him well for the opportunities ahead"
Nichols, who most recently served as executive account manager for MMS operations in Louisiana, will now manage all of the day-to-day fiscal agent and business process outsourcing activities of MMS, as well as lead its strategic planning and business development efforts. Currently, MMS provides business processing and information technology administrative services to Medicaid agencies in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate administration services in Florida.
aNorma™s knowledge and experience in the industry, combined with his unwavering commitment to the Medicaid program and to assisting vulnerable populations, prepare him well for the opportunities ahead,a said Terry Bayer, chief operating officer for Molina Healthcare. aHe has been a major contributor to our MMS business integration efforts since the acquisition, and is dedicated to ensuring that our state customers receive substantial value from their association with us. We are excited to see him in this new role and look forward to his contributions in growing the MMS business.a
Nichols has over 35 years of experience in the health care field and has served as the executive account manager for MMSa™s operations in Louisiana for the past 15 years. Before joining MMS, he held several key executive positions, including deputy executive account manager for Insta-Care Pharmacy Services and vice president and regional executive director for Jack Eckerd Corporation. Nichols received his B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Northeast Louisiana University.
About Molina Medicaid Solutions
MMS provides design, development, implementation, and business process outsourcing solutions to state governments for their Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). MMIS is a core tool used to support the administration of state Medicaid and other health care entitlement programs.
About Molina Healthcare
Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health care needs of low-income families and individuals and to assist state agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program. Molinaa™s licensed health plans in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin currently serve approximately 1.6 million members, and the Companya™s subsidiary, Molina Medicaid Solutions, provides business processing and information technology administrative services to Medicaid agencies in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate administration services in Florida. More information about Molina Healthcare is available at [ www.molinahealthcare.com ].
