With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act now more or less in place, priorities for those corporate managers who've been glued to its every mutation are shifting. The same can be said for the National Business Group on Health, an organization founded to support businesses in their efforts to contain healthcare costs and better understand the employee health insurance landscape.

At this critical time, the NBGH is undergoing a leadership change. Its long-time president and CEO, Helen Darling, officially stepped down May 1. Her successor, Brian Marcotte, brings to the position a dozen years as an NBGH board member and a career as a benefits manager at Honeywell.

In an interview with Benefitspro Wednesday, he said he looks forward to assuming the role at a time when the NBGH can get "refocused on health care costs and improving the delivery system."

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.