"We have a strong reputation for delivering on our promises with a strong technological infrastructure and a staff of people that is consistently available to help our clients," said Phil Kamp, president and CEO of Valence Health. "We realized it was time to broaden our consulting offerings so that our clients receive the maximum amount of value from their data services. Elizabeth Simpkin has the knowledge and expertise to help our clients achieve their strategic and operational goals."

Simpkin has spent over 20 years in the health care industry, specializing in managed care contracting, strategic business development and business operations. As vice president of consulting services, she is charged with expanding Valence Health's consulting services to new and existing clients. In this role, she will assist the leaders of provider organizations improve and demonstrate quality of care to strengthen their market position.

Prior to joining Valence Health, Simpkin founded The Lowell Group, Inc. Healthcare Consulting where she also served as president. In that role, she provided strategy and performance improvement assistance to provider organizations, integrated delivery systems, health plans and managed care organizations. She also served as senior consultant and project manager, health industry consulting for Towers Perrin in Chicago, IL.

"I have been able to witness first hand the value that Valence brings to its customers with its TPA and clinical integration solutions," said Elizabeth Simpkin, vice president consulting services. "I look forward to being able to augment the technology solutions for our clients with additional business and strategic recommendations."

About Valence Health

Valence Health is a provider of third party administrative services for Health Plans and clinical integration services for Independent Physician Associations and Physician Hospital Organizations. Valence's core competencies revolve around enabling provider-sponsored organizations to efficiently offer quality care through data analytics, medical management expertise, third party administration, custom web-based applications and clinical integration support. For more information call 312-277-6304 or visit www.ValenceHealth.com.