Avalon Healthcare Holdings Appoints Kevin R. Hill to Its Board of Directors

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kevin R. Hill, a long-time senior executive at Oxford Health Plans and one-time CEO of United Healthcare’s Northeast business line has joined the board of directors of Avalon Healthcare Holdings, Inc., announced Avalon CEO Charles O’Neill. He will also become a strategic consultant to the Company beginning November 13, 2008. Hill is presently a partner at Roundstone Healthcare Partners, a Rumson, New Jersey company that invests in healthcare related companies and manages other healthcare investments.

Avalon Healthcare Holdings, Inc. is the parent company to Avalon Healthcare, Inc., a dynamic, fast-growing health plan selling consumer directed individual and group insurance throughout Florida. Avalon is the first company approved to sell health plans statewide by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulations in the past 12 years. Plans include high-deductible health plans and plans compatible with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs)

“Strategically, adding Kevin Hill to our team is a tremendous win for Avalon,” said O’Neill. “His depth and breadth of experience in managed care may be unmatched by anyone working in health insurance today. We will tap into his experience to improve all levels of our Company.”

Hill began his career at Oxford in the sales department in 1989, working his way up to Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, reporting directly to the CEO of the six billion dollar company. He was responsible for all revenue functions of the Company including sales, marketing, Medicare, product development, actuarial, pricing and underwriting. Oxford was acquired by United Healthcare in August 2004. In 2005 Hill was appointed Regional CEO for United’s Northeast business. He left United in 2006 to pursue other interests.

Hill began his career in 1985 with Great West Life. He joined Oxford in 1989 as a sales manager in the Company’s New York City office. In 1990 he was asked to start Oxford’s New Jersey. Within six years the Company was collecting more than a billion dollars in premium and had more than 700 employees. In 1992 he was named Oxford’s New Jersey Regional CEO. In 1996 he was given additional responsibilities to build Oxford’s Florida business.

Hill joins the Avalon Healthcare Holdings board that presently includes Avalon CEO and President Charles O’Neill; COO, CFO and board chairman Andrew Cassidy; and Brett Baris, a partner at InterAtlantic Group and Frederick Hammer, also a partner at the InterAtlantic Group, which is located in New York City.

Florida based Avalon Healthcare is an innovative health insurance company offering consumer directed health plans to employers and individuals who need high quality, affordable healthcare and live and work in Florida. The Company offers a variety of plan benefits including co-pay plans and HSA compatible plans. Based in Tampa, the Company is quickly becoming one of the most well-respected, quality health plans available statewide. www.avalonhealthcare.com