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Matt Eyles Named AHIP President and CEO

News  |  By Steven Porter  
   March 14, 2018

The new leader vows to carry on the organization's 'focus on solutions' that promote quality and affordability.

The national health insurance trade association America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) promoted from within this week, naming COO Matt Eyles its next president and CEO.

Eyles, who was promoted to COO last year, will take over for current AHIP President and CEO Marilyn Tavenner, whose retirement is effective June 1.

“We will continue to focus on solutions that deliver more affordable choices and higher quality for every American," Eyles said in a statement. "It’s also an honor to have worked with and learned from Marilyn. For more than 40 years, she has driven important changes that have directly improved the lives of patients, consumers, and hardworking taxpayers.”


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Tavenner called Eyles—who has worked for the Congressional Budget Office, Eli Lilly & Co., Coventry Health Care (which is now Aetna), and elsewhere—"one of the most experienced leaders in Washington."

The AHIP Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of Eyles' appointment, which resulted from both "a thorough search and thoughtful succession planning process," the organization said.

Steven Porter is an associate content manager and Strategy editor for HealthLeaders, a Simplify Compliance brand.


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