Ed Murphy

Edward A. Murphy is president of USAble Life’s Dental Management company. He leads a dental insurance business that serves over 1.6 million members under the Blue Cross Blue Shield brand in seven states. Since joining USAble Life in 2011, the company’s dental revenue has grown by 60%.

Ed has advanced the adoption of the company’s innovative medical-dental integration programs — Dental4Health® and LSV Connected Care® — which contribute to the improvement of the overall health and well-being of members while driving down health care costs. He is a co-founding board member of the Harvard Initiative to Integrate Oral Health, which he helped establish in 2015, and is a former member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. In addition, Ed is a member of the Strategic Advisory Council of the prestigious Santa Fe Group, the nation’s foremost oral health think tank.

Before joining USAble Life, Ed co-founded Dental Benefit Providers and served as its chief executive officer. In 1998, he negotiated and oversaw his company’s merger with UnitedHealth Group (UHG). He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Specialized Healthcare Services/UnitedHealthcare Dental and served on UHG’s executive council before retiring. In 2006, Ed co-founded Preventive Medicine, a health informatics company that developed a proprietary health and behavioral change model based on e-learning technology. Ed also served as a board member of the National Association of Dental Plans, serving as its chair for three years.