DIGITAL HEALTH
“A question that our healthcare system asks all the time is : what can we do ? How can we listen ?”
SAMANTHA CLARK ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT , MULTICARE through . We have to be really conscious to not do that .”
Mills is responsible for Valera Health ’ s geographic expansion into new states and markets , as well as health plan partnerships and strategic partnerships with hospital systems such as MultiCare .
“ I think what ' s most exciting about this partnership is that our organisations have this commitment to reaching the people most in need of care and inclusive services ,” explains Mills . “ Reaching adolescents , reaching those with serious mental illness and reaching those who have Medicaid insurance – it ’ s a shared mission that we both have .”
In her role at MultiCare ' s Behavioural Health Network , Clark also covers market expansion , in addition to new programmes , model development , strategic planning , process improvements and project management .
“ When I first was introduced to Valera , they just really shone in ways that most companies didn ' t ,” says Clark . “ They work with not just commercial plans , but also Medicaid plans and smaller regional plans . They see the mild , the moderate and what we call seriously mentally ill . Yes , they have the same proprietary technology and all the really amazing tech services and capabilities that we all go at , but , most importantly , they have a commitment to quality and
68 July 2022