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American Medical Group Association

Friday, 16 May 2008

Nicholas Wolter, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Billings Clinic

As CEO of Billings Clinic, based in Billings, Montana, Dr. Wolter heads the largest fully integrated health system in the north central Rocky Mountain states. DBC is a charitable, tax-exempt medical foundation, employing approximately 2,800 people to operate a 272 bed hospital, a 200 physician group practice, a 90 bed nursing home, and a research division. DBC is also one of four equity members of a state-wide HMO, New West Health Plan, which was formed as a charitable corporation under Montana law and began operation in 1998.

Dr. Wolter received his B.A. in English at Carleton College, his M.A. in American Culture at the University of Michigan, and his M.D. at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He completed his internship and residency at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York, and returned to the University of Michigan for a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Physician Executives.

Active in many regional and national organizations, Dr. Wolter has served as Chairman of the Board of VHA Mountain States and as Chairman of the Board of MHA¼an Association of Montana Health Care Providers. He serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of VHA Health Foundation and of LifeCenter Northwest, and is a Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).

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