Stuart
Battersby brings more than 15 years of financial management
experience working with physicians, hospitals, and health
plans
SEATTLE, July 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Health Plan of
Washington (CHPW), the
not-for-profit insurance carrier offering Apple Health (Medicaid),
Medicare Advantage, and Individual & Family Plans on the health
exchange, welcomed a new Chief Financial Officer, Stuart Battersby, to the organization.
As a member of CHPW's Executive Leadership Team, Battersby
collaborates on the strategic goals and initiatives for CHPW, and
its parent company Community Health Network of Washington (CHNW), overseeing all budgetary
and fiscal responsibilities. A CPA with more than 15 years of
experience in health care, Battersby brings to CHPW his proven
financial and operational abilities and leadership developed in
many health care settings, including physician groups, health care
startups, and a national Medicaid health plan.
"We are so pleased Stuart has joined CHPW/CHNW. His executive
experience with Medicaid managed care, Medicare, and Health Benefit
Exchange products, as well as in other innovative health care
businesses are invaluable in ensuring strong stewardship of our
finances and providing leadership of our work advancing
whole-person and equitable health care," said Leanne Berge, CEO of CHPW and CHNW.
"I find deep meaning in the health care and resources CHPW is
able to provide to our members as a not-for-profit that truly is
part of the health care safety net for our Washington communities," said Battersby.
"While I come from a small rural working-class town in Wales, I recognize many of the barriers to
receiving whole-person care are universal."
"Stuart shares our passion for advancing equitable and
accessible health care to Washington's communities through our
leadership across the state," continued Berge. "His ability to
understand and empathize with the issues facing Washingtonians adds
a vital lens to the work he does in this role."
In the CFO role, Battersby also oversees all forecasting and
budgeting functions, accounting, population analytics and actuarial
activities, among other responsibilities. Battersby succeeds
Stacy Kessel, who retired after 17
years with CHPW.
Battersby served as Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial
Officer for Amerigroup Washington, Anthem and ended his tenure as
President and CEO of their Medicaid Health Plan in 2019. While
there, he successfully managed several procurement strategies for
Medicaid in Washington. Battersby
most recently served as CFO for Firefly Health, a virtual advanced
primary care services company, where he led all financial
responsibilities as well as product strategy and development. Prior
to that, as CFO at Sidecar Health Inc., he helped to create a
full-risk health insurer from its inception and implemented
business models needed for administration under the Affordable Care
Act.
"Every day I come to work excited and proud to be part of an
organization that puts its members first and works toward ensuring
all Washingtonians, regardless of their ability to pay, are
supported in achieving their best health," said Battersby.
Battersby holds a Certified Public Accounting (CPA)
Certification in Washington and
received his MBA from the University of
Denver. He received his BS degree from the University of
Wales in Cardiff.
About CHPW
CHPW works to advance health equity and
whole-person health, connecting members to various physical,
behavioral, and social support services to address the social
determinants of health (SDOH).* CHPW proudly reinvests surplus
revenue back into the Community Health Centers and
community organizations to help support critical safety net
health care services.
In 1992, a network of Community and Migrant Health Centers in
Washington State formally
established the Community Health Network of Washington (CHNW) and its subsidiary Community
Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), a community-governed,
not-for-profit health plan, to provide access to quality care
for people — particularly those from marginalized communities. CHPW
serves more than 300,000 members through Medicaid and Medicare
Advantage plans, as well as the Health Benefit Exchange's
Individual & Family Plans (Cascade Select), across the state.
Its parent, CHNW, provides care to over 1 million individuals
across Washington through its
federally qualified member Community Health Centers.
*Social determinants of health, as defined by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, "are conditions in which people are
born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and
systems shaping the conditions of daily life." To learn more about
this, visit the CDC's website.
Media Contact:
chpw@feareygroup.com
(206) 343-1543
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SOURCE Community Health Plan of Washington