ALTA Health Strategies Inc., 6975 Union Park Center, a health-care cost management company serving the self-insured market, has opened a new sales office in Portland, Ore., according to Sid Paulson, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the West.
Heading the office will be Dean O. Johannesen, senior vice president and sales manager, who came to ALTA from AEtna Health Plans, Portland, where he has held a variety of positions in the past 22 years.W. Terry Nofsinger, ALTA president and chief executive officer, said, "ALTA has always maintained a policy of controlled expansion into key markets. We feel the Pacific Northwest is likely to be an area of high profile health-care management activity in the future and our Portland office positions us to take advantage of that marketplace."
ALTA offers a broad range of health-care cost management services, including utilization management, provider networks, data analysis and claims administration. The company paid $2.3 billion in claims in 1990.