Stuart Hanson

Stuart Hanson is the CEO at Avaneer Health. Stuart was previously the SVP & General Manager, Consumer Payment Solutions at Change Healthcare from April 2015 to August 2018. In this role, they were responsible for the overall payments business line P&L, including strategy, product, & business development for healthcare billing & payment solutions within Change Healthcare (formerly Emdeon). Stuart was also responsible for health plan and healthcare provider based consumer facing solutions.

Hanson has been an active member of HIMSS since 2009, not including prior work on the Medical Banking Project. Stuart has given many speeches and been involved in multiple task forces and workgroups. Much of their activity within HIMSS has been related to the goals of reducing transactional friction (a.k.a., "Administrative Simplification") in healthcare with some specific focus on the emergence of a consumer centric view of healthcare revenue and payment cycle solutions.

Hanson chaired the HIMSS RCITF for 2 years (2014-16) and led the effort to define a consumer centric vision for healthcare revenue cycle. Hanson subsequently continued to advocate for industry evolution in RCM in their role chairing the parent committee to the HIMSS RCITF, the Health Business Solutions Committee, for 2 years from 2016-2018.

As chair of the HIMSS Health Business Solutions Committee, Hanson led the committee as it worked to identify and promote the effective use of financial and administrative systems for healthcare organizations.

Stuart Hanson received their Master of Business Administration (MBA) in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Stuart also holds a B.S. in finance from Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Stuart is a certified HIMSS Senior Member and has a HS diploma from University High School in Urbana, IL.

Some direct reports include Ray Jebsen - Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Rostock - COO, and Dan Sanders - SVP of Technology Operations, Security & Service Delivery.