Bill Rust D Pharm, MBA, MHA

Mr. Rust is the President and Chief Executive Officer at 7878 Corporation, Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States. He is served as CEO of AllMeds since 1998 and has more than 27 years of experience in health care practice and management. Before joining AllMeds he served for ten years as President and CEO of Preferred Health Partnership, Inc., later known as Carsten Health Care. During his tenure, the company grew from a single product company with yearly revenue of $500,000 and eight employees into a multi-product line, managed care organization with revenues exceeding $325 million and over 700 employees, covering over 700,000 patients in Tennessee. Before joining PHP, Mr. Rust was the Plan Manager for the southern portion of a statewide Arizona provider network for the Equicor Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). While overseeing the operation of the health plan, he successfully expanded the membership to 12,500. Mr. Rust was a practicing pharmacist for seven years before obtaining his Master's in Business and his Master's in Health Administration.