Karen Ignagni, MBA, is the president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Ms. Ignagni is the voice of health insurance plans, representing members that provide healthcare, long-term care, and dental and disability benefits to more than 200 million Americans.
Ms. Ignagni regularly testifies before Congress on key federal legislation. In recent years, she has appeared before Senate and House committees on matters ranging from the role of health insurance plans in homeland security to Medicare reform to patient protection issues and access to health care coverage issues. Prior to joining AAHP in 1993, Ms. Ignagni directed the AFL-CIO’s Department of Employee Benefits.
Ms. Ignagni has authored more than 90 articles on a wide range of health care policy issues, including pieces published in The New York Times, USA Today, New York Daily News, The Washington Times, Institutional Investor, New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, Modern Healthcare, and Physician’s Weekly. Washingtonian named her one of the Top Three “Top Guns” of all trade association heads and Modern Healthcare magazine routinely ranks her among the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare.
Ms. Ignagni was honored by the Sons of Italy Foundation with their 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Association Management. In recognition of her leadership on healthcare issues, Ms. Ignagni has been invited to serve on several boards, including the Board of Columbia University’s School of Nursing and the Advisory Board for The Health Industry Forum.
