New Century Health (now Evolent)
Jean Christensen-Riley is a skilled nursing professional with extensive experience in various healthcare roles. Currently serving as a Utilization Review Nurse at New Century Health, Jean specializes in reviewing cardiovascular prior authorization requests and authorizing services based on established clinical guidelines. Jean has a long-standing tenure at Sanford Health, where responsibilities have included bedside nursing in a Critical Access Hospital, clinical leadership as the Director of Nursing Services, and clinical operations management for rural health clinics. Previous roles also encompass a focus on post-operative care in a surgical unit and overseeing clinical operations for member services at New Century Health. Jean holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University and an Associate's degree from Western Iowa Tech Community College.
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New Century Health (now Evolent)
New Century Health (NCH) is the nation’s leading specialty care management company, with exclusive focus on cancer and cardiac care. The NCH mission is to transform the delivery of oncology and cardiovascular care by aligning the distinctive capabilities of healthcare payers and specialty providers with smart technology, clinical data analytics and deep clinical expertise. The ultimate goal of this transformation is to improve: • Quality of care; • Affordability of care; and • Patient experience. New Century Health started in 2002 in South Florida as a third-party administrator managing medical specialties. Over the past 15 years, we have grown in scale and scope to become recognized as a national population health leader in managing specialty care under risk-based, capitated relationships. We are: • Licensed and/or permitted to provide utilization quality management in all 50 states; • Working with 8,000 Oncologists in 43 states; and • Managing specialty care quality for millions of Medicare, Commercial and Medicaid members.