Ronald Joseph Berding, a South Florida managed-care executive who created an industry powerhouse from five moribund health plans, died June 23 at age 60 of a rare abdominal cancer.
Joe, as everyone called him, came to Florida from his native Kentucky in 1987 as CEO of the Louisville-based Humana's Florida operation. He left in 2001 to transform a group of health plans losing $120 million annually into VISTA Healthplan.
By the time VISTA was sold to Coventr ... Tags:florida, vista