CareSource Names Gail Croall Senior Medical Director

    COLUMBUS, OH, August 16, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CareSource, a non-profit, public-sector managed care company, has named Dr. Gail Croall Senior Medical Director, Quality and Care Management. She will direct clinical quality improvement, care management and will support new and emerging opportunities.

"Gail is a great addition to the CareSource team," said Pamela B. Morris, President and CEO, CareSource. "Quality care is at the heart of what we do. Gail's new role will help ensure that all of our initiatives keep the care of our members as a focal point and the basis for all of our decisions."

Croall is a pediatrician and most recently served as the Chief Medical Officer for OptumHealth Care Solutions, a business unit of UnitedHealth Group. She was responsible for clinical business strategy, clinical program design/content and helped to identify quality and affordability solutions for consumers and clients. She also served as a member of the executive leadership team. She has extensive clinical practice experience and worked for more than 17 years with a multi-specialty group in Cincinnati.

She is also a member of the executive board of the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA): The Care Continuum Alliance, a member of the Health Enhancement Research Organization Think Tank, and she is a member of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation.

In her role at CareSource, Croall will oversee quality and performance improvement activities that support NCQA and URAC accreditation and manage CareSource's health care programs such as the Health Care Home Model. She will handle clinical education activities and support nursing and care management functions.

Croall received her bachelor's of science degree in both biology and chemistry from The College of William and Mary and her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She also completed a one-year fellowship at the Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders. She resides in Mason, Ohio, with her husband, David, and has two grown children.

About CareSource

CareSource is a non-profit health plan founded on the principles of quality and service, delivered with compassion and a thorough understanding of the Medicaid consumer. By staying true to its mission of making a difference in the lives of underserved people by improving their health care, CareSource has become one of the largest and fastest growing Medicaid managed care plans in the nation. Today, CareSource serves more than 843,000 Medicaid and Medicare Advantage consumers in Ohio and Michigan.

With a strong focus on preventive care, CareSource utilizes a continuum of care model to members at all stages of health and illness. In addition to all required services, CareSource offers extra benefits such as a 24-hour nurse advice line, transportation to doctor's appointments, and a variety of care management programs. For more information about CareSource, visit www.caresource.com.

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