UCSD CAMPUS NOTICE University of California, San Diego |
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MANAGED CARE March 30, 1999 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SUBJECT: Appointment Medical Director, Managed Care Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce that Lee Giddings, M.D., will be joining UCSD as the Medical Director, Managed Care on April 1, 1999. With experience as a practicing physician and a managed care administrator, Dr. Giddings is well prepared to help us with the complicated medical management issues that face us. Most recently Dr. Giddings served as Regional Medical Director for MedPartners, a national physician practice management company. He obtained his medical degree from Loma Linda University and joined the Chula Vista Medical Group in 1973. He is board certified in Family Medicine. In 1990 he led his group to merge with another primary care group in the Chula Vista area to improve managed care opportunities. Two years later he successfully negotiated a management services agreement with Pacific Physician Services to provide managed care contracting and administrative services for the newly merged primary care group. The medical practice was later acquired by MedPartners in early 1996, and Dr. Giddings was asked to assume regional medical management responsibilities for MedPartners' group practices and IPAs in the Southwest Region. As Medical Director of the UCSD Healthcare Network/MSO, one of the Medical Group's priorities for Dr. Giddings is to work closely with the clinical service chiefs to reduce leakage of professional and institutional services to out-of-network providers. Additionally, he will be working with the community affiliate primary care physicians to enhance referral relationships to Medical Group specialists. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Seymour Mallis, M.D., who has served as the part-time Associate Medical Director, Managed Care, for the last five years. Dr. Mallis has been instrumental in facilitating the relationship between the physicians and the managed care health plans to help improve the quality of care for our managed care members. We appreciate his years of service and his dedication to UCSD Healthcare. Jayne Chaffin Executive Director |