Vālenz® Health Names Anthony Naes Chief Client Officer
Vālenz® Health is pleased to announce that Anthony Naes has been named Chief Client Officer.
Naes joined Valenz with the acquisition of Healthcare Bluebook™ in July 2024, bringing together the companies’ complementary services as a one-of-a-kind member engagement and digital “front door” experience and payment integrity data platform. He served as Senior Vice President of Sales at Healthcare Bluebook, where he led go-to-market teams to help brokers, employers and third-party administrators lower medical benefits spend and improve quality of care for health plan members.
“Anthony brings a wealth of market knowledge to his new role, along with demonstrated sales acumen, natural leadership skills and a passion for mentoring,” said Nathan Nelson, Chief Growth Officer at Valenz. “Leading our client service function, Anthony will foster and grow our customer relationships while continuing to deliver on the unmet and underserved needs of our clients across the self-insurance industry.”
A dedicated client service and sales leader, Naes joined Healthcare Bluebook in 2020 as Regional Sales Director before being promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales. He brings expertise in multiple growth areas, including market planning and positioning, multichannel sales distribution, technology implementation and integration, and new market launches. Naes has extensive experience in the employee benefits space, with previous roles at Alight Solutions and Liazon Corp. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and currently resides in the Denver area. In his role as Chief Client Officer, Naes joins the Valenz executive team, focusing on supporting the company’s diverse roster of healthcare clients.
Learn more about the Valenz executive team by visiting valenzhealth.com/about/leadership/.
About Vālenz® Health
Vālenz® Health is the platform to simplify healthcare — the destination for employers, payers, providers and members to reduce costs, improve quality, and elevate the healthcare experience. The Valenz mindset and culture of innovation combine to create a distinctly different approach to an inefficient, uninspired health system. With fully integrated solutions, Valenz engages early and often to execute across the entire patient journey — from care navigation and management to payment integrity, plan performance and provider verification. With a 99% client retention rate, we elevate expectations to a new level of efficiency, effectiveness and transparency where smarter, better, faster healthcare is possible. For more information, visit valenzhealth.com.
