SCAN Health Plan Arizona has appointed Wendy Karsten vice president and general manager, effective immediately. For the past year Karsten has been serving as vice president of healthcare operations for SCAN in Arizona.
“Over the past year Wendy has made a significant contribution to SCAN and our members in a variety of areas, including overseeing our home-visit program,” said Chris Wing, president and CEO of SCAN Health Plan. “We know that in this newly created role she will continue to find new ways to help our SCAN members maintain their health and independence.”
As vice president and general manager for SCAN Health Plan Arizona, Karsten is now responsible for the health plan’s overall performance in Maricopa and Pima counties, providing strategic, operational and financial direction. To that task she brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare leadership. Immediately prior to joining SCAN, Karsten served as CEO for Huntington Medical Foundation in Pasadena, California, where under her leadership the large multi-site medical group implemented an electronic health record system, opened an urgent care center, formed a local partnership to provide care to uninsured children in the community, and acquired 14 area medical practices.
Karsten holds a Master of Arts degree in education from California State University Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science in finance and accounting from Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, OR.
SCAN Health Plan, one of the largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans in the United States, currently has nearly 145,000 members in California and Arizona. Further information may be obtained at scanhealthplan.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/scanhealthplanarizona.
