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People in the News: Vicky Gregg

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Quest Diagnostics' board of directors has elected Vicky Gregg to serve on the board, which now has 10 members.

Gregg was CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for nearly a decade, and she held a series of senior leadership roles there and at Humana Health Plans. She is an expert in health IT and was appointed to the National Institutes of Health Commission on Systemic Interoperability in 2004.

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