Vālenz® Margaret Lemkin, PhD, Announces Retirement From Vālenz® Health Beginning September 1

PHOENIX, Ariz. (August 25, 2023) — Margaret Lemkin, PhD, who has served the multi-employer labor space and Taft-Hartley Funds clients for nearly 40 years, announces her retirement from Vālenz® Health beginning September 1, 2023.

Lemkin founded Med-Care Management Inc., which provided medical cost management services for Taft-Hartley Funds, in 1986. After Med-Care became a subsidiary of MCM Solutions for Better Health in 2014, Lemkin continued to drive the success of Taft-Hartley Funds as self-insured health plans while serving as president.

Valenz acquired MCM and its Med-Care subsidiary in July 2022, further enhancing its support of Taft-Hartley Funds with member and clinical advocacy through concierge navigation and triple URAC-accredited services for care management, disease management and utilization review as part of its Healthcare Ecosystem Optimization Platform. As Executive Vice President, Client Services, Government & Labor, Lemkin has leveraged her deep data expertise to provide clients with highly sophisticated analysis and reports that identify cost drivers and savings trends.

“Margaret is truly an industry legend in serving Taft-Hartley Trusts with expert-level care management and cost-containment solutions,” said Amy Gasbarro, Chief Care Officer of Valenz. “Her many years of groundbreaking leadership and longtime passion for her work have been a tremendous asset for Valenz in advising multi-employer groups, labor associations and public entities. We are thrilled to now see her take the next steps in her life journey, and we wish her the greatest happiness and fulfillment.”

Besides serving as founder and president of Med-Care Management, Lemkin’s extensive career accomplishments include initiation of the first data repository used by multi-employer clients to manage the cost of care and member engagement. As she now begins to offer her expertise through consulting services, Lemkin will continue to support Valenz and its Taft-Hartley clients on an as-needed basis.

“It’s been an amazing honor to spend my career serving the multi-employer labor space, and I’ve had a great experience working alongside such a talented team at Valenz Health,” Lemkin said. “While I am looking forward to what comes next, I’m thrilled to be continuing a working relationship with Valenz and positioning clients for long-term health and success.”

Lemkin earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Wellesley College and received her PhD in cell biology from the world-renowned Yale University School of Medicine. As a longtime member and regular advisor and educator for the International Foundation of Benefit Plans, she is currently Chair of the IFEBP Health Care Management Committee. She will continue working with the IFEBP, and hopes to play an active role in her Arizona community and travel the world.

About Vālenz® Health

Vālenz® Health simplifies the complexities of self-insurance for employers through a steadfast commitment to data transparency and decision enablement powered by its Healthcare Ecosystem Optimization Platform. Offering a strong foundation with deep roots in clinical and member advocacy, alongside decades of expertise in the validation, integrity and accuracy of claims, and a suite of risk affinity solutions, Valenz optimizes healthcare for the provider, payer, plan and member. By leveraging data transparency and delivering an omnichannel approach across the healthcare journey, Valenz improves cost, quality and outcomes for employers and their members – engaging early and often for smarter, better, faster healthcare. More information is available at valenzhealth.com.

Vālenz® Health Ranks No. 3646 Among America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Aug. 15, 2023) — Inc. revealed today that Vālenz® Health ranked again as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America: No. 3646 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, and No. 215 among health services companies. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia and many other brands first gained national exposure as Inc. 5000 honorees before becoming household names over the years.

“It’s truly an honor to be recognized again as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies, and it reinforces the culture that drives our core promise to deliver smarter, better, faster healthcare,” said Rob Gelb, Chief Executive Officer of Valenz. “By reimagining a transparent, data-rich approach to simplifying the complexity of self-insurance for employers, we deliver the measurable care management, network innovations and early engagement for improved health outcomes and significant savings, facilitating growth for our company and for our customers.”

Valenz joined the Inc. 5000 list for the first time in 2020 and has continued to experience consistent growth since then. The Inc. 5000 class of 2023 represents companies that have driven rapid revenue growth while navigating inflationary pressure, the rising costs of capital, and seemingly intractable hiring challenges. Among this year’s top 500 companies, the average median three-year revenue growth rate ticked up to an astonishing 2,238 percent. In all, this year’s Inc. 5000 companies have added 1,187,266 jobs to the economy over the past three years.

The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, available on newsstands beginning Tuesday, Aug. 23.

“Running a business has only gotten harder since the end of the pandemic,” said Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. “To make the Inc. 5000 – with the fast growth that it requires – is truly an accomplishment. Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that are building our future.”

 

About Vālenz® Health

Vālenz® Health simplifies the complexities of self-insurance for employers through a steadfast commitment to data transparency and decision enablement powered by its Healthcare Ecosystem Optimization Platform. Offering a strong foundation with deep roots in clinical and member advocacy, alongside decades of expertise in the validation, integrity and accuracy of claims, and a suite of risk affinity solutions, Valenz optimizes healthcare for the provider, payer, plan and member. By leveraging data transparency and delivering an omnichannel approach across the healthcare journey, Valenz improves cost, quality and outcomes for employers and their members – engaging early and often for smarter, better, faster healthcare.

About the Inc. 5000 Methodology

Companies on the 2023 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2019. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2022. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2019 is $100,000; the minimum for 2022 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places.

About Inc.

Inc. Business Media is the leading multimedia brand for entrepreneurs. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of our community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating our future. Inc.’s award-winning work reaches more than 50 million people across a variety of channels, including events, print, digital, video, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Its proprietary Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to rank the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The recognition that comes with inclusion on this and other prestigious Inc. lists, such as Female Founders and Power Partners, gives the founders of top businesses the opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

Vālenz® Health Will Serve as Annual Corporate Sponsor of HCAA TPA Summit

PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 7, 2023) — As a proud sponsor of the 2023 HCAA TPA Summit, Vālenz® Health leaders announce plans to participate in the annual networking and education event for third-party administrators and related service providers this month.

The focus of the HCAA TPA Summit, “From Chaos to Clarity,” aligns with the Valenz culture that emphasizes simplifying the complexities of healthcare and putting the customer first in solving the industry’s self-insurance challenges.

“As corporate sponsor of what is always an enlightening event, we expect many productive conversations at the HCAA TPA Summit about how transparency helps us reimagine what a health plan should be,” said Rob Gelb, Chief Executive Officer of Valenz.

“Healthcare feels driven by chaos because the industry structure stands in the way of the member’s ability to understand their benefits and coverage, their out-of-pocket costs, and how to find the right provider. True clarity comes from deep data transparency and starts with a single point of entry into a fully integrated Healthcare Ecosystem Optimization Platform,” Gelb added. “As we engage early and often to share those insights, we drive alignment of everyone involved in a claim and empower better decision-making across the board. Ultimately, that transparency serves to facilitate improved cost savings, plan design, quality of care and member experience.”

The HCAA TPA Summit will be held July 17-19 at the Hyatt Regency Reunion Tower in Dallas. Event attendees from Valenz include Steve Illions, Vice President, Business Development; Kaylee Davis, Client Services Executive; Alex Ruiz, Client Services Executive; and Steve Butz, Senior Vice President, Business Development for Certus Management Group, a Valenz affinity company.

Registration and schedule for the HCAA TPA Summit: https://www.hcaa.org/page/2023TPASummit

About Vālenz® Health

Vālenz® Health simplifies the complexities of self-insurance for employers through a steadfast commitment to data transparency and decision enablement powered by its Healthcare Ecosystem Optimization Platform. Offering a strong foundation with deep roots in clinical and member advocacy, alongside decades of expertise in the validation, integrity and accuracy of claims, and a suite of risk affinity solutions, Valenz optimizes healthcare for the provider, payer, plan and member. By leveraging data transparency and delivering an omnichannel approach across the healthcare journey, Valenz improves cost, quality and outcomes for employers and their members – engaging early and often for smarter, better, faster healthcare. More information at valenzhealth.com.