Courtnay Thompson named Director of Plan Operations and Administration at Select Health of South Carolina
October 21, 2015
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – Select Health of South Carolina announced today that it has appointed Courtnay Thompson as Director of Plan Operations and Administration. Thompson, a registered nurse who began her career in managed care at Select Health in 2009, now directs day-to-day operations of the First Choice Medicaid health plan, overseeing provider network operations, community education, member services and data and technical services. She also serves as a primary point of contact between Select Health and the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS). Select Health, the state’s oldest and largest Medicaid managed care organization, is a member of the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies, a national leader in Medicaid managed care and other integrated health care solutions for those most in need.
“We are very pleased to welcome Courtnay to our executive leadership team,” said Rebecca Engelman, market president of Select Health. “A nurse by training, Courtnay is truly passionate about providing First Choice members with access to high quality health care so they can get care and stay well.”
Previously, Thompson was director of Clinical Program Analytics for AmeriHealth Caritas. She was also a business operations analyst at Select Health and served in Utilization Management roles with Select Health and AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana.
Thompson received an undergraduate degree in nursing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. While working as a nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina, she was recognized by the South Carolina Nurses Foundation with its prestigious Palmetto Gold Nurse Recognition Award. Originally from Mooresville, North Carolina, she resides in the West Ashley area of Charleston.
“I’m fortunate to work for a mission-driven company focused on serving those most in need,” said Thompson. “The culture at Select Health is built around care, compassion and a genuine desire to collaborate with providers, community partners and SCDHHS to produce the best possible health outcomes for First Choice members.”
For more information about Select Health of South Carolina, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015, visitwww.selecthealthofsc.com. View Select Health’s 2015 Annual Message to the Community at www.selecthealthofsc.com/pdf/corporate/message-to-community.pdf.
ABOUT SELECT HEALTH
Select Health of South Carolina is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015, which demonstrates our strength, stability and expertise in providing access to high quality health care for South Carolinians. Incorporated in 1995, Select Health was licensed as a Health Maintenance Organization by the South Carolina Department of Insurance in 1996. Later that year, the company contracted with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to offer First Choice, which is now the state’s oldest and largest health plan for Healthy Connections, South Carolina’s Medicaid program, serving members in all 46 counties statewide.
First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is the top-rated Medicaid health plan in South Carolina, according to the NCQA’s Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2015-2016, and has been since 2010. (The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) uses other criteria for evaluating and ranking the performance of health plans serving Medicaid beneficiaries.) Select Health is the only health plan in South Carolina to hold NCQA’s Multicultural Health Care Distinction.
Select Health also offers the First Choice VIP Care Plus Medicare-Medicaid Plan in 38 counties of South Carolina and is a wholly-owned member of the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies.
