– USA, NY – Forge Health, a leading provider of value-based mental health and substance use care, today announced the appointment of Tim Wentworth as its new Chairman of the Board of Directors.
About Tim Wentworth
With more than forty years of leadership and healthcare industry experience, Tim Wentworth most recently served as CEO of Evernorth, Cigna’s $100B health services organization, where he brought together a variety of health services capabilities including care provision, pharmacy solutions, benefits management and integrated data and analytics. Prior to Cigna, Mr. Wentworth was CEO of Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States, and during his tenure, Express Scripts grew to become a Fortune 100 company with more than $100 billion in revenue, 26,000 employees, and ranked number 66 on Forbes magazine’s list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.
“I deeply admire the mission of Forge Health and I am honored and excited to join the Forge Health team,” said Tim Wentworth. “The pandemic has further highlighted the significant unmet mental health and substance use needs that exist within our healthcare system, and I believe Forge’s ‘one-stop-shop’ approach to behavioral health care is truly delivering a transformative healthcare experience. I’m eager to work with the Forge team at such an important, exciting time in the company’s evolution, as it expands its partnerships and care footprint to serve more patients in more places.”
About Forge Health
Forge Health is a mission-driven company dedicated to delivering the highest quality affordable, accessible, and effective “one-stop-shop” mental health and substance use care to individuals, families, and communities in need. The Forge care model utilizes multidisciplinary clinical teams, data analytics, and streamlined care delivery to provide individualized, whole-person care that addresses mental health and substance use issues concurrently, while also driving improved health outcomes. As the first and only behavioral healthcare provider with a proven, national payor-validated ability to drive clinical outcomes that span all areas of health, Forge Health is leading the charge in driving innovation, improving care delivery, and shaping the future of behavioral healthcare.
Forge Health was founded in 2016, and throughout its history, the company has successfully partnered with key industry stakeholders to deliver transformative, value-based mental health and substance use care to increase access, lower costs, improve care quality, and provide an exceptional patient experience. It is in-network with more than 30 commercial and government health plans, and through growing population health partnerships with leading health plans and health systems, now manages more than 300,000 members under its value-based partnership model.
For more information: https://forgehealth.com/
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