News Release

February 11, 2010
HMSA welcomes Raethel to senior management position

Chuck Marshall
(808) 948-6826

The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) today announced that Hilton R. Raethel has joined the nonprofit health plan as a senior vice president. Raethel oversees HMSA’s Provider Services department, Health Services Delivery division, and Integrated Services, Inc., a subsidiary of HMSA.

Prior to joining HMSA, Raethel was vice president of Contracting and Decision Support at Hawaii Pacific Health. He was director of Contracting at Straub Clinic & Hospital before joining Hawaii Pacific Health. Raethel also served as director of Contract Reimbursement at Loma Linda University Medical Center (Adventist Health) before moving to Hawaii in 2000.

Raethel is a graduate of Pacific Union College with a degree in psychology, and earned a Masters in Public Health and a Masters of Health Administration from Loma Linda University in California.

HMSA is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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