Chasm Partners Taps CEO for Remedy Partners
June 1, 2016 – Executive search firm Chasm Partners has recruited Carolyn Magill as chief executive officer of Remedy Partners.
Ms. Magill joins Remedy from Evolent Health, where she served as executive vice president of payer strategy and operations. Prior to that, she held various leadership positions at UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare and Medicaid businesses.
“Carolyn is the perfect fit for Remedy,” said Steve Wiggins, Remedy’s chairman. “She understands healthcare from the perspective of payers and providers, and is already a leader in the rapidly growing field of value-based payments. Remedy is an extraordinary platform for her to influence healthcare reform in the U.S.”
“We are pleased to see such a great outcome working closely with Steve Wiggins and Remedy’s search committee,” said Matt Dumas, managing partner of Chasm Partners. “We believe the timeliness and quality of this search leading to the placement of Carolyn Magill demonstrates our deep operating expertise and network in the healthcare technology space.”
Mr. Wiggins said that Chasm’s rapid candidate identification process generated an impressive list of highly experienced candidates of proven CEOs. “They also identified a few ‘up and coming’ leaders who were potential first time CEOs. Given our strong board and management team, with five former CEOs, Remedy was particularly open to Chasm’s novel recommendations.”
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Remedy Partners delivers software and services that enable payers, employers and at-risk providers to organize and finance healthcare delivery around a patient’s episode of care. The company currently manages bundled payment programs at over 1,000 healthcare locations, in partnership with hospitals, physician groups health systems, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies.
Headquartered in Darien, Conn., Chasm Partners focuses exclusively on finding leaders for healthcare technology and related services businesses. The firm provides board and C-level retained search combined with mid-level organizational staffing expertise to help venture-backed organizations. Chasm recently recruited senior level roles for healthcare companies Propeller Health, meQuilibrium, Rethink Autism, and Glooko.
Healthcare recruiting is among the most rapidly growing areas of the staffing field, according to analysts at Hunt Scanlon Media, which tracks trends in the executive search and leadership solutions space.
According to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, healthcare employment increased by 44,000 in April, following a rise in March (+37,000). Over the past 12 months, hospitals have added 502,000 jobs.
Contributed by Dale M. Zupsansky, Managing Editor, Hunt Scanlon Media
