Chief Executive Office

NAMM California

Leigh Hutchins is the Chief Executive Officer of NAMM California and PrimeCare Medical Network, Inc. (PMNI), affiliate organizations partnering with physicians to provide better quality and more affordable care to the residents they serve in Southern California. She also serves as the Chief Operating Officer for OptumCare’s Pacific West Region. NAMM and PMNI coordinate care to over 400,000 members in Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties through 18 Independent Practice Associations (IPAs) comprised of over 700 contracted Primary Care Physicians. NAMM and PMNI partner with all of the major HMO carriers in Southern California for both commercial and Medicare lines of business and with several regional medi-cal payors. PMNI and NAMM have been recognized as being a Favorite Medical Group and Top Workplace in the region. Ms. Hutchins has over 25 years of progressively responsible health care management experience. She joined NAMM in 1993 and has held various positions with NAMM/PMNI in the areas of payor and provider contracting, network development, transactional services and IPA operations. Prior to joining NAMM, Ms. Hutchins worked for FHP HealthCare in both staff model and IPA operations. Her commitment to promoting the wellbeing of her communities has led to her active participation in charitable organizations such as the American Heart Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the American Cancer Society. Ms. Hutchins is a Board member for APG, a trade association for America’s Physician Groups. She also sits on the Integrated Healthcare Association’s Technical Payment Committee in support of the Pay for Performance Program. Ms. Hutchins received her B.A. degree with honors in Pharmacology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.