Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge, appointed Thomas Diller, MD, to serve as vice president of population health and quality transformation, according to The Acadiana Advocate.
Here are three notes:
1. Dr. Diller was previously executive director of the Institute for Patient Safety and an associate professor in the School of Public Health at University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth.
2. He also has experience serving as system CMO of Irving, Texas-based Christus Health and as vice president of quality and patient safety for Greenville (S.C.) Health System.
3. He earned his master's degree in medical management from the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.