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CMA veteran Corcoran named group’s CEO

The California Medical Association went in-house to pick its next chief executive officer, promoting a 12-year veteran of the organization, Dustin Corcoran, the CMA announced.

Corcoran replaces Alfred Gilchrist, who spent two months in the job before recently announcing his departure. Gilchrist said he would return to Colorado and resume his position as CEO of the Colorado Medical Society.

Corcoran joined the CMA in 1998 as membership coordinator for its political action committee. He later worked as a lobbyist on such issues as emergency medicine, tobacco use and overhauling health care.

The medical association represents more than 35,000 physicians.


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Tell us your open-enrollment story

Open enrollment, that annual head-scratching ritual, is again upon many of us. We’d like to hear about the tough decisions you’ll have to make. Have your insurance premiums increased and benefits changed? Let The Bee health care writer Bobby Caina Calvan know what you’re going through. Reach him by phone at (916) 321-1067 or via e-mail at bcalvan@sacbee.com. Please include a phone number in your e-mail.


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