Solera Health Welcomes Esteemed Health Plan Executives to Rapidly Growing Leadership Team

PHOENIX, March 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Solera Health, an integrated benefits network, today announced that four health plan executives have joined the senior leadership team in support of the company's strategy to guide people to better health in their communities. Solera works closely with health plans to connect their members to a diverse network of digital, national and community health programs and resources empowering individuals to choose the solution where they believe they'll be most successful. The addition of Amy Hogan, Mary Ann Tournoux, Jill Michal and Matt Presley, with their combined decades of health plan experience, will be fundamental as the organization launches its broader strategy to integrate cardiometabolic disease prevention and management, social determinants of health and behavioral health through its curated network of local and virtual providers.

    --  As vice president of brand marketing, Amy Hogan is responsible for
        overall brand strategy for Solera. She brings to the position 20 plus
        years of consumer marketing experience with a proven track record of
        building strong, consumer-driven brands and businesses. Amy most
        recently lead the brand strategy team at the Blue Cross Blue Shield
        Association, enabling the organization to move from being only B2B to
        emotionally connecting with consumers and driving loyalty and purchase
        interest.

    --  Mary Ann Tournoux joins Solera as vice president of client services and
        has spent more than 30 years in business development management and
        health plan leadership. Most recently, she was senior vice
        president/chief marketing officer at Health Alliance Plan, leading
        strategy, sales, marketing and product development. She also served in
        similar roles at health plans in Illinois and Ohio. As a recognized
        industry leader, Mary Ann has served as the vice chairman of the Board
        of Health Plan Alliance, a national association of regional, provider
        owned health plans, where she also formerly chaired the membership
        committee.

    --  Jill Michal, senior vice president, digital and community networks,
        comes to Solera from Independence Blue Cross where she was vice
        president of business transformation. There she was charged with
        creating a new organizational department to lead cross-functional
        business imperatives and accountable for the development of a three-year
        road map to implement roughly 30 unique projects, including the
        development of shared service functions, business model reorganizations,
        robotics, business automation and process improvement, and provider and
        member experience enhancements.
    --  Matt Presley joins Solera as strategic accounts vice president after 15
        years with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, where he oversaw key
        relationships with large national accounts. In this role, Matt focused
        on strategy, client retention, and business-to-business expansion
        efforts in the central U.S.

As an integrated benefits network, Solera offers an extended care marketplace that connects patients, payers, and physicians with a curated network of providers paid for outcomes through medical claims. Solera actively builds and manages a diverse ecosystem of community organizations and digital solutions, managing patient identification and enrollment, reimbursement and payment, while supporting increased consumer engagement. Solera's network model has already proven its effectiveness in scaling the Diabetes Prevention Program nationwide with over 40 million lives currently under contract.

"Solera's network model supports patient choice by matching individuals to local and digital providers that are continually innovating. We are always looking for new ways to engage with the community, which is essential to the company's evolution," said Brenda Schmidt, CEO of Solera Health. "We welcome Amy, Mary Ann, Jill and Matt to our leadership team and look forward to leveraging their deep health plan experience as the company expands our network programs and services within this top-priority market."

About Solera Health

Solera Health is committed to changing lives by guiding people to better health in their communities. The company serves as an integrated benefit network that connects patients, payers and physicians with community organizations and digital therapeutics providers, simply and securely. Solera helps consolidate highly-fragmented programs and services into a single marketplace allowing health plans and medical providers to increase consumer participation while lowering associated costs. By using data science to proactively identify the "best fit" program provider based on each individual's unique health goals, needs and preferences, the company has proven to have a significant impact on improved patient outcomes at a fraction of the cost of traditional medical care. For more information, visit Solera Health at www.soleranetwork.com, call 800-858-1714 or follow us on Twitter @SoleraNetwork or LinkedIn.

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