Centene Company has introduced the appointment of Susan Smith (pictured above) as its chief working officer, efficient Jan. 1.

Smith joined Centene in June. In her new function, she will likely be chargeable for the corporate’s core enterprise operations, inhabitants well being, the enterprise transformation workplace, supplier expertise, and high quality. She is going to report back to Ken Fasola, president of Centene.

Smith has almost 20 years of trade expertise, serving a 19-year tenure at Humana earlier than becoming a member of Centene. She most lately served as senior vice chairman of medical, high quality and enterprise options president. Previous to that, she served as Humana’s senior vice chairman of medical options and senior vice chairman of Medicare, amongst different management roles.

Smith holds a bachelor’s diploma in chemical engineering and a masters of engineering in chemical engineering from the College of Louisville’s Pace Scientific College.

“Susan is a seasoned operator who brings in depth expertise within the government-sponsored payer area,” stated Sarah M. London, CEO of Centene. “Her operational experience in high quality and buyer expertise, confirmed monitor document and management throughout transformational occasions – coupled together with her steadfast dedication to the members and communities we assist – make her the suitable candidate for this function.”

Smith is the most recent addition to Centene’s management roster. In Might, the corporate introduced the appointment of Shannon T. Susko as chief communications officer. This 12 months has additionally seen the appointments of Anika Gardenhire as its chief buyer expertise officer and Tanya McNally as chief folks officer

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