VSP Imaginative and prescient Names Usha Patil Chief Insurance coverage Officer

(PRESS RELEASE) RANCHO CORDOVA, CA — VSP Imaginative and prescient introduced that Usha Patil has been appointed chief insurance coverage officer. She’s going to lead the group’s not-for-profit imaginative and prescient advantages enterprise, VSP Imaginative and prescient Care, which serves greater than 85 million members.

Usha Patil

“Usha brings a powerful background in main operations, technique, and efficiency within the healthcare business,” stated Michael Guyette, president and CEO of VSP Imaginative and prescient. “Her experience in shopper expertise and digital transformation will assist us ship extra worth to our members and shoppers, together with improved healthcare outcomes, by way of ongoing product improvements that meet the wants of the varied communities we serve.”

Patil joins VSP Imaginative and prescient from UnitedHealth Group, the place she spent the final 14 years in a wide range of senior management roles, most lately main operations for UnitedHealthcare’s particular person and household ACA plans. She beforehand served as vp of digital transformation and shopper expertise for Optum. Previous to UnitedHealth Group, Patil labored in threat advisory providers at KPMG. She holds a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration with an operations focus from North Carolina State College.

Patil succeeds Kate Renwick-Espinosa, who made the choice to resign and take a CEO function exterior of the imaginative and prescient care business after greater than three a long time with the corporate. Renwick-Espinosa led VSP’s imaginative and prescient advantages enterprise since 2015, and most lately served as chief community officer, a task which may also be backfilled.

“Throughout her 32 years with the corporate, Kate took on progressively complicated management roles, from the primary chief advertising officer to the primary feminine president of VSP Imaginative and prescient Care, and most lately as chief community officer,” stated Guyette. “Her impression has been longstanding, and we’re grateful for the management she has proven our workers and her many contributions to our stakeholders. We want her all the very best as she embarks on her new journey.”

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