{"id":401387,"date":"2020-12-16T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=401387"},"modified":"2020-12-16T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:03:10","slug":"anthem-inc-names-dr-shantanu-agrawal-chief-health-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/anthem-inc-names-dr-shantanu-agrawal-chief-health-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthem, Inc. Names Dr. Shantanu Agrawal Chief Health Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anthem, Inc. Names Dr. Shantanu Agrawal Chief Health Officer<\/b><\/p>\n

INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nAnthem, Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) announced today Dr. Shantanu Agrawal has been named Chief Health Officer, effective January 25, 2020. Dr. Agrawal will oversee Anthem\u2019s enterprise health strategy, to include medical policy and clinical quality, as well as the company\u2019s industry-leading work to address the social drivers of health. He will also lead Anthem\u2019s community health strategy and the Anthem Foundation. He will report directly to Gail K. Boudreaux, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthem.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDr. Agrawal\u2019s extensive experience in both the public and private sectors will further accelerate Anthem\u2019s efforts around \u2018whole person care\u2019 in order to improve outcomes and reduce costs for all those we serve,\u201d said Gail K. Boudreaux. \u201cHe is a transformative thought leader, and I am excited to welcome him to Anthem.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nDr. Agrawal most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Quality Forum (NQF), a non-profit organization dedicated to working with members of the healthcare community to drive measurable health improvements. He is also the former Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he led an effort to improve the physician experience with Medicare and was also was one of the main architects of CMS\u2019s strategy to address the national opioid epidemic. Dr. Agrawal also served as Director of the Center for Program Integrity (CPI), where he was instrumental in launching new initiatives in data transparency and analytics, utilization management and payment models.\n<\/p>\n

\nDr. Agrawal serves on the board of the Grameen Foundation and the Presidential Advisory Council of Brown University\u2019s School of Public Health. He is also Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine.\n<\/p>\n

\nDr. Agrawal completed his undergraduate education at Brown University, medical education at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and clinical training in Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his master\u2019s degree in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University.\n<\/p>\n

About Anthem, Inc.<\/b><\/p>\n

\nAnthem is a leading health benefits company dedicated to improving lives and communities, and making healthcare simpler. Through its affiliated companies, Anthem serves more than 107 million people, including approximately 43 million within its family of health plans. We aim to be the most innovative, valuable and inclusive partner. For more information, please visit www.antheminc.com<\/a> or follow @AnthemInc on Twitter.\n<\/p>\n

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Anthem Inc., Media Contact:
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Leslie Porras
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Leslie.Porras@anthem.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anthem, Inc. Names Dr. Shantanu Agrawal Chief Health Officer INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Anthem, Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) announced today Dr. Shantanu Agrawal has been named Chief Health Officer, effective January 25, 2020. Dr. Agrawal will oversee Anthem\u2019s enterprise health strategy, to include medical policy and clinical quality, as well as the company\u2019s industry-leading work to address the social drivers of health. He will also lead Anthem\u2019s community health strategy and the Anthem Foundation. He will report directly to Gail K. Boudreaux, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthem. \u201cDr. Agrawal\u2019s extensive experience in both the public and private sectors will further accelerate Anthem\u2019s efforts around \u2018whole person care\u2019 in order to improve outcomes and reduce costs for all those we serve,\u201d said Gail … <\/p>\n

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