“Kentucky Legislative Update”
Presented byLawrence Harris Ford
Director, Government Relations
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
WellPoint, Inc.As Director of Government Relations for WellPoint, Inc., and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kentucky, Lawrence Ford is responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing regulatory and legislative activities for the Kentucky-domiciled health insurance company and its affiliate WellPoint companies doing business in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is Kentucky’s largest health insurer providing comprehensive health care benefits to more than 1.3 million Kentuckians through individual, local group, national, and senior plan programs.
Mr. Ford joined the management team of Kentucky's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan in 1989 after having served four years as an executive assistant and press secretary for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Ford is a member of the insurer's Kentucky operating company’s senior management team and is responsible for directing the company’s initiatives relating to federal and state health care reform as well as serving as the company’s spokesperson on the subject. He is a frequent presenter at private and civic organizations’ conferences and meetings on the Affordable Care Act.
Mr. Ford serves as Anthem’s chief lobbyist and strategist at the Kentucky State Capitol, the Kentucky Department of Insurance and KYCONNECT which is the Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange. He is extremely involved in developing the company’s strategic plan in a manner that compliments activities relating to state and federal health care reform initiatives while ensuring the company remains financially viable and a contributor to the WellPoint organization.
Mr. Ford serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, Inc., and also on the boards of the Kentucky Health Plans Association where he was former chairman and the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers. In addition, Mr. Ford is an active participant in health, welfare and wellness initiatives of the Kentucky and Louisville Chambers of Commerce.
A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, Mr. Ford is from Cynthiana, Kentucky and currently resides in Louisville.
This meeting is sponsored by
Passport Health Plan
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