Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 23, 2002
JAMES W. MCLANE is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive
Officer of Healthaxis Inc. He became CEO in February 2001, having
been on the Board since August 2000. Prior to joining Healthaxis,
Mr. McLane was President and COO of NovaCare, Inc., from
1997'2000). From 1992-1996 he was Executive Vice President of
Aetna, Inc., for group health and life businesses and CEO of
Aetna HealthPlans. From 1974-1991 Mr. McLane was Senior Vice
President/Division Executive for Citibank/Citicorp. From
1969-1974 he was a senior U.S. Government official in the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the White House and
the Cost of Living Council. Mr. McLane is a member of the Board
of Directors of Healthaxis and Beverly Enterprises. He served on
the Boards of Novacare and several other healthcare-oriented
venture-backed companies, as well as the Hartford Healthcare
Corp. Mr. McLane is a former visiting lecturer at the Yale School
of Organization and Management. He served as Chairman of Outward
Bound USA from 1992'1996, as a principal member of the Jackson
Hole Group, and on the Executive Committee of the Healthcare
Leadership Council. Mr. McLane graduated from Yale University
(1961) and the Harvard Business School (1967) Profile
and an overview of the company as it is now?
Mr. McLane: Healthaxis was put together as a merger of
Healthaxis.com and a company
