Dr. Richard Bankowitz has been named executive VP for clinical affairs at America's Health Insurance Plans, the primary lobbying group for health insurers. He succeeds Carmella Bocchino.
Bankowitz most recently was chief medical officer at Premier, a role he has held for seven years. He previously was medical director at CareScience and also served as corporate information architect for the University HealthSystem Consortium, now Vizient. Bankowitz is a board-certified internist and medical informaticist.