National telehealth leader, Amwell®, today announced the appointments of Amber Howe to Chief People Officer and Brendan Miller to Senior Vice President and General Manager of Health Plan Solutions, adding to the company’s seasoned leadership team. As a company that continues to experience rapid growth, Amber will lead Amwell in its ongoing commitment to cultural and operational excellence. Brendan will advance and expand Amwell’s footprint and capabilities across the payer landscape.
“Amber and Brendan bring instrumental expertise that will advance the maturation and leadership of Amwell,” said Ido Schoenberg, M.D., CEO at Amwell. “We continually work to strengthen our culture, people and processes, and in these challenging times amidst the backdrop of COVID-19, we need the most experienced and confident leaders to maximize our ability to be as effective and helpful to our communities as possible. I look forward to their many contributions.”
Amber joins Amwell from Beacon Health Options, where she served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Her accomplishments extend beyond traditional Human Resource competencies, and include achievements in areas of employee performance, training, retention, culture strength and recruiting. Amber also has held senior Human Resource positions at Santander Bank and TD Bank.
Brendan brings more than two decades of experience transforming healthcare delivery. He comes to Amwell from MultiPlan, where he served as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Account Management, and Global Head of Health Plans, Employers, Providers, TPA’s, and Worker’s Compensation. Prior to his work with MultiPlan, Brendan held roles in senior management at HealthMine, Wellness Corporate Solutions, and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), where he oversaw business development, strategic planning, sales activity and more.
About Amwell
Amwell is a leading telehealth platform in the United States and globally, connecting and enabling providers, insurers, patients, and innovators to deliver greater access to more affordable, higher quality care. Amwell believes that digital care delivery will transform healthcare. The Company offers a single, comprehensive platform to support all telehealth needs from urgent to acute and post-acute care, behavioral health, as well as chronic care management and healthy living. With over a decade of experience, Amwell powers telehealth solutions for over 240 health systems comprised of 2,000 hospitals and 55 health plan partners with over 36,000 employers, reaching over 150 million lives. For more information, please visit https://business.amwell.com/.
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