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Allan Korn, M.D., is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of 39 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. The Blue System is the nation's largest health insurer covering nearly 100 million people – one-in-three of all Americans. It is the largest single processor of Medicare claims in the nation, and holds the world’s largest privately underwritten health insurance contract – the 4.9-million-member Federal Employee Program (FEP).
Dr. Korn serves as Medical Director for BCBSA and oversees the Technology Evaluation Center (TEC), an independent, applied health service research organization that uses an evidence-based methodology for the assessment of clinical technologies. He also represents BCBSA with governmental agencies, regulatory bodies and accrediting entities, and oversees the National Council of Physician Executives made up of senior BCBS company physicians that advise the Association.
Before joining BCBSA, Dr. Korn served as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. From 1994 until 1996, Dr. Korn was Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs for Premier Health Alliance, where he provided strategic direction and product development for risk adjusted IP and OP clinical data systems. Earlier, he served as a Principal for William M. Mercer, Inc. and as Vice President, Medical Affairs for Healthcare Compare/Affordable Healthcare Network. From 1976 until 1986, he was an internist at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Dr. Korn received a Bachelor of Science and Medical Degrees from Tufts University. He completed his internship and internal medicine residency at Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital and at the Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Korn is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and is a member of the American Medical Association. He a member of the Board of Directors of e-Health Initiative, Bridges to Excellence, is a member of the Hospital Quality Alliance and Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance and sits on the Steering Committees of Prometheus and Connecting for Health. He has served on several Institute of Medicine Roundtables. |
