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Private health News, Inc. helps care organizations create an ongoing, permission-based marketing
communication pipeline with consumers based on their health interests.

The company was launched in 2003 and is a recognized leader in e-health strategies. Its leadership has more than 65 years of experience in researching and designing performance-based health communications programs for health care organizations and Fortune 50 companies.

Corporate Team
:: Barry D. Brooks, Chairman and CEO
:: Daniel E. Ansel, President
:: Edward "Bret" Palmer, Chief Information Officer
:: Susan Emerson, Vice President of Business Development
:: Ric Kallenberg, M.D., Medical Director - Adult Content
:: John P. Bacon, M.D., Medical Director - Pediatric Content
:: Erin Kaufmann, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.M. - Director of Content Review
BARRY BROOKS
Chairman and CEO

Barry D. Brooks has more than 25 years of experience in developing and managing new health care ventures—from finance and operations to business development.

He began his health career as the SVP of finance and later as SVP of associated operations for a large regional healthcare system. There he led the development of the system’s corporate health division, which became the largest health care-based corporate health services operation in the country. He spearheaded the acquisition of an ownership share a in a successful business that operated in an environment of regional monopoly for more than 10 years.

Barry later founded a managed workers' compensation company that was used as the model for a service that became mandated for all Ohio employers. When the company was acquired by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Barry served as a VP and general manager.

He received a B.S. in accounting and a M.B.A. from the University of Kentucky.

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