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Sam Watts has been named to the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees, State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today. Watts was named Executive Director of the North Carolina Retirement Systems by Treasurer Briner in January 2025. He previously served as Executive Administrator of the State Health Plan and as the legislative liaison and senior public policy advisor for the Department of State Treasurer. Treasurer Briner’s appointment of Watts fulfills the requirement that a state employee must be a representative on the 10-member Board of Trustees.
Dr. Brian Miller, a practicing hospitalist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Nonresident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has been named to the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees, State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today.Dr. Miller also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he has taught an MBA course on health insurance for almost a decade.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, expressed support today for the N.C. Supreme Court’s (Court) ruling in favor of New Bern eye surgeon Dr. Jay Singleton. The Court vacated a Court of Appeals’ decision and ruled that Mr.
State Health Plan and Aetna leaders today visited with state employees in Wilmington as part of their months-long “road tour” to formally introduce the Plan’s new third-party administrator to members in every reach of North Carolina.Officials from both sides of the partnership spoke and answered questions from Plan members at UNC-Wilmington. An Aetna-themed bus was stationed at the event, at which attendees could check biometrics like blood pressure and receive flu shots.
State Health Plan and Aetna leaders today visited with state employees in Winston-Salem as part of their months-long “road tour” to formally introduce the Plan’s new third-party administrator to members in every reach of North Carolina.Officials from both sides of the partnership spoke and answered questions from Plan members at Forsyth Technical Community College. An Aetna-themed bus was stationed at the event, at which attendees could check biometrics like blood pressure and receive flu shots.
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