Performant Financial Corporation Hires Amanda Purvis to Lead the Company’s Product Innovation Efforts
April 19 2021 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Performant Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: PFMT), (“the
Company”), a leading provider of technology-enabled cost
containment and related analytics services, today announced that
Amanda Purvis has joined the Company as its head of Product
Innovation. In this new role, Amanda will utilize her vast
healthcare Payment Integrity experience to further Performant’s
growth, through expanding strategic partnerships, exploring
adjacent markets for the company’s diverse offerings and leading
the introduction of new or enhanced products.
Amanda brings 23+ years of healthcare experience, having
presented at national industry conferences such as AHIP and other
Payment Integrity conferences. Most recently, she was with Aetna
for the past eight years where she managed an internal and
contingent workforce of approximately 1600 FTEs dedicated to
Aetna’s Payment integrity efforts in the Commercial, Medicare and
Medicaid segments.
“Amanda uniquely understands the challenges Healthcare Payors
face in addressing their Program Integrity needs and her knowledge
of the vendor product landscape is unmatched,” stated Simeon Kohl,
SVP and GM Healthcare. “We are excited to have Amanda serve as a
consulting partner to our clients and share peer-level insights
with our prospects, to ensure that we prioritize our product
roadmap and related investments to best address their needs.”
Prior to joining Aetna, Amanda was the Vice President of SIU,
Recovery and Claim Edit for all business segments of Coventry
Health Care. In addition to the positions held within Aetna/CVSH
and Coventry, Amanda has held positions in sales, enrollment and
revenue management for Medicare Advantage, EDI and Auto
Adjudication enhancement, and benefit design loads – all within the
Healthcare market.
“I look forward to working with Amanda and I’m confident her
vast experience will serve us well as we continue to fortify and
scale our market footprint and further mature our mix of Payment
Integrity, Eligibility and other related offerings,” added, Lisa
Im, Board Chair and CEO.
About Performant Financial Corporation
Performant helps government and commercial organizations enhance
revenue and contain costs by preventing, identifying and recovering
waste, improper payments and defaulted assets. Performant is a
leading provider of these services in several industries, including
healthcare, student loans and government. Performant has been
providing recovery audit services for more than nine years to both
commercial and government clients, including serving as a Recovery
Auditor for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Powered by a proprietary analytic platform and workflow
technology, Performant also provides professional services related
to the recovery effort, including reporting capabilities, support
services, customer care and stakeholder training programs meant to
mitigate future instances of improper payments. Founded in 1976,
Performant is headquartered in Livermore, California.
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