SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capario, a leading provider of revenue cycle management solutions that connect healthcare payers and providers nationwide, today announced that Angela McKenna has been appointed president of the Cooperative Exchange’s (CE) Executive Committee.
The CE is the recognized authority and representative of the clearinghouse industry for healthcare information technology and other industry stakeholders. In 2009, the CE members submitted more than 2 billion unique claims from over 600,000 provider organizations, and represented more than $800 billion.
“I’m honored to serve the CE in this new capacity,” said Angela McKenna, Vice President of Sales and Account Management at Capario. “The CE provides an invaluable service for the advancement of electronic data exchange for the healthcare industry. By providing benchmarks for improved efficiencies, along with advocacy and educational resources, we help improve the interoperability and transparency of the healthcare reimbursement process.”
McKenna, along with the entire executive committee, will be focused on setting the organization’s strategic agenda and on providing guidance for the promotion of the CE’s mission of advancing electronic data exchange in the healthcare industry.
McKenna brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to her role as well as targeted expertise in the clearinghouse industry. She joined Capario in 2006 to manage the payer, provider and vendor partner account management teams.
Prior to joining Capario, McKenna was vice president of business development for Edifecs, Inc., where she was responsible for healthcare channel partner recruitment and management. McKenna also spent 14 years at WebMD, previously ENVOY/NEIC, as vice president of corporate accounts and vice president of account management.
Capario was a founding member of the Cooperative Exchange.
About Capario
For more than 20 years, Capario has provided industry-leading technology solutions to help providers get paid more quickly and more accurately. Capario operates a single, nationwide, real-time, open network that powers its revenue cycle management solutions. Capario has connectivity to more than 4,000 payers and is directly connected to more than 72,000 providers and an additional 158,000 providers via vendor partners. Based in Santa Ana, Calif., Capario is accredited by the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) and the CAQH® Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE®) for Phases I and II. Capario is a privately held company owned by Marlin Equity Partners. To learn more, visit www.capario.com.
About Marlin Equity Partners
Marlin Equity Partners is a Los Angeles, California-based private investment firm with over $1 billion of capital under management. The firm is focused on providing corporate parents, shareholders and other stakeholders with tailored solutions that meet their business and liquidity needs in special situations. Marlin invests in businesses across multiple industries that are in the process of undergoing varying degrees of operational, financial or market-driven change where its capital base, industry relationships and extensive network of operational resources significantly strengthens a company's outlook and enhances value. Since its inception, Marlin, through its group of funds and related companies, has successfully completed over 30 acquisitions. For more information, please visit www.marlinequity.com.
About the Cooperative Exchange
The Cooperative Exchange was established in 2002 to expand electronic healthcare transactions among participants in the healthcare industry. It is now recognized as the leading association for the healthcare transaction clearinghouse industry. For more information, visit www.cooperativeexchange.org.