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Monique Delgado

Monique Delgado is now chief executive officer of Integrated Medical Services. Delgado was the former market president for VillageMD in Arizona....
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Rob Neely

Rob Neely, former Principal at Imperial Health Plan, is now Principal of Seven Summits Consulting LLC. Let's wish Rob best of luck with his newest endeavor!...
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Jami Snyder

Jami Snyder, former Director of AHCCCS, is now president and CEO of her own organization, JSN Strategies, LLC. Please join us in wishing Jami great success in her newest endeavor!...
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Humana, Inc. AZ

Dan Tufto is now regional president at Humana Inc., AZ.             Ashley Burton is now regional vice president of operations.             Holly Kortum is now director, Quality and Risk...
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Matthew Isiogu New Chief Financial Officer

Matthew Isiogu was promoted from senior vice president of innovation to chief revenue officer at Contexture. Matt will be leading the marketing, sales, account management and communications teams to grow the business and deliver new values to the communities. ...
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Rick Warren Moves to Innovation Care Partners

Rick Warren is now the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Innovation Care Partners. Rick was formerly chief financial officer at Banner Health Network....
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Carole Zbacnik Retires

Carol Zbacnik, longtime director of health plan relationships at Sonora Quest Laboratories/ Laboratory Sciences of Arizona. Carole has been a beacon of optimism and teamwork in the industry for years and is a big fan of The Hertel Report. We will miss her and her graciousness....
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Jeff Buehrle Retiring

Jeff Buehrle, longtime Arizona healthcare leader and member of the Banner Health C-Suite, is retiring September 2022. The Healthcare Financial Management Association awarded Jeff its medal of honor. He most recently served as the chief financial officer for Banner Ironwood and Goldfield Medical Centers. Congratulations, Jeff, on...
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Chanel Swartz New VP Operations at P3 Health Partners

Chanel Swartz is now vice president of operations for P3 Health Partners’ Arizona market. Swartz was formerly vice president of operations for Optum....
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Sarah Hanchett

Sarah Hanchett was promoted from director to vice president of clinical services at evolvedMD....
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Umar Farooq

Umar Farooq was promoted to president of Lumeris’ Essence Healthcare. He was formerly market president of Commonwealth Care Alliance....
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Changes at Banner Health

Former division president of its Arizona region, Todd Werner is now the senior vice president for acute care delivery for Banner Health. Replacing Werner as division president for Banner’s Arizona region is Lamont Yoder, who was promoted from his position as chief executive officer of Banner Baywood Medical Center, Banner Heart...
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Janice Batts is the new director of RCM Integrity at Arizona Advanced Surgery (AAS), replacing the retiring Cindy Bernardin. Frank Mitchell, III, MD, a trauma and acute care surgeon, Ambar Matta, MD, a general surgeon and Maria Brown, MD, a bariatric and foregut surgeon also joined Arizona Advanced Surgery....
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Carol Chapman

Carol Chapman started a new position as a contract specialist, payor contracting at HonorHealth.
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Changes at Northern Arizona Healthcare

Jim Elco is the new vice president strategy and financial planning for Northern Arizona Healthcare and Pasquale Bernardi is now president of NAH Medical Group. Ronald Haase, chief systems officer retired in July.
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Laurie Clemens

Laurie Clemens is now a provider relations representative at American Health Plans. She was formerly a provider relations manager at Wellcare Health Plans.
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OptumCare

At OptumCare Arizona, president Garell Jordan has retired. Stephen Macias joins as the new market president....
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Tim Bricker

Tim Bricker is now Interim SVP/CEO SW Division at CommonSpirit Health. He was formerly SVP and CEO with MultiCare Health System and recently an independent consultant....
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Pasquale Bernardi, MD Joins Northern Arizona Healthcare Medical Group

Pasquale Bernardi, MD, will begin his work as president of Northern Arizona Healthcare Medical Group on June 1, 2022, He was formerly clinical VP of Ascension Medical Group Wisconsin....
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Jenn Barrett Joins Copa Health

Jenn Barrett is now vice president, contracts and value based strategies for Copa Health. She was formerly the senior director, transformation and value based solutions at Mercy Care where she worked for more than a decade....
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