Business & Finance
Selecky Named to Satellite Healthcare Board of Directors
7 January 2016 - - US-based Satellite Healthcare, a national not-for-profit and the 6th largest provider of patient-centered dialysis and kidney disease services, has appointed Christobel Selecky to its board of directors, the company said.

Selecky, the former co-founder, president, and CEO of LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc., brings to the organisation more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience.

Satellite Healthcare provides personalised dialysis and early patient wellness education services to more than 7,000 patients at nearly 80 in-centre dialysis and home therapy centers across the country.

Selecky joins the board as the company embarks on a five-year plan designed to enhance its in advancing the standards of chronic kidney disease care industry-wide through whole-person care practices, cutting-edge research, and community initiatives.

Selecky served as president, CEO, and chairman of the board of directors of LifeMasters Supported SelfCare from 1996 until 2009.

Under her leadership, the company raised more than USD 60m in venture capital, grew to USD 130m in annual revenues, employed more than 1,200 people in seven locations, and provided care and disease management services to more than 1m programme participants nationwide.

Selecky's career began at FHP International Corp. in the early 1980s, where she held several management positions during its rapid expansion.

As president of the FHP California Health Plan, she was responsible for revenues of USD 2.4bn and building a customer base of nearly one m Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and Commercial HMO and PPO members statewide.

Selecky currently chairs the board of the Population Health Alliance; serves on the boards of Teleperformance, a publicly held international business process outsourcing company, and American Specialty Health, a national provider of population health and specialty network management programmes.

She is an advisor to Ceresti Healthcare, an early stage provider of support services for families and caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias. She has served on a number of other healthcare and financial institution strategic advisory boards.

Boardspan advised Satellite Healthcare in her appointment.
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