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Dr. Kerr brings over fifteen years of health care experience to his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at WellCare. In this role, Dr. Kerr will assume responsibility for the Health Services and Pharmacy departments. He oversees all quality management, care management, health and wellness, and is responsible for the network contracting strategy.
Prior to joining WellCare, Dr. Kerr served as Chief Medical Officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, where he successfully developed and implemented a comprehensive care management strategy for commercial and Medicare operations. He has also held leadership positions, including managing large physician networks and utilization/quality management for Medicaid and commercial HMOs, at Independence Blue Cross, AmeriHealth of Texas and United Healthcare of Texas. He began his career as a primary care physician at Texas Children’s Pediatric Associates and is currently a Fellow and Diplomat on the American Board of Pediatrics.
He received his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as well as an MBA from the University of Houston and a BA from the University of Arkansas. | 