Humana Adds Former ONC Chief Karen DeSalvo as Board Member
Humana has elected Karen DeSalvo, a previous National Coordinator and Assistant Secretary of HHS, to their twelve-member directorate.
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By - Former National Coordinator for Health IT and Assistant HHS Secretary Karen DeSalvo, will join Humana’s board of directors, the payer announced in a press release.
Humana believes that the addition of DeSalvo to the board will improve its value-based care competencies because of her impressive resume involving coordination with health IT systems.
DeSalvo served as the Health Commissioner for the City of New Orleans, and served on Tulane’s medical school faculty as the Chief of General Medicine and Geriatrics before her federal appointments.
Members of Humana’s board of directors believe that DeSalvo’s leadership will bring success to the company’s goals of delivering data-driven, consumer-centered healthcare.
“Karen’s extraordinarily varied and successful career in medical practice and health administration will be a tremendous addition to Humana’s Board, as the company continues to evolve from a traditional health insurer to a consumer-focused enterprise dedicated to measurably improving the health of our members,” said Humana Chairman of the Board Kurt J. Hilzinger.
“Karen’s experience as our nation’s Health Information Technology coordinator, and as a national leader in delivery system transformation, will prove invaluable to our company’s relationships with our members and our physician partners, as Humana continues to innovate in the area of health data analytics,” Hilzinger added.
