Miller Joins Availity as SVP of Strategy and Corporate Development

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health information network Availity has named Ryan Miller as its Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development. Miller, whose emphasis will be to drive strategies for growth through core business scale and diversification, brings 15 years’ experience in strategy development, with a significant background in business development, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions.

“Ryan brings a unique perspective to Availity with a strong background in both the healthcare and investment banking industries. Adding him to our executive leadership team positions us to leverage growth opportunities as Availity continues to broaden its reach”

Most recently, Miller was Staff Vice President at WellPoint, Inc., one of the nation’s largest health benefit providers. While there, he led strategy development to improve provider engagement and was responsible for provider connectivity initiatives, vendor relationships, joint ventures and acquisitions. He began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he spent nine years in its investment banking division.

“Ryan brings a unique perspective to Availity with a strong background in both the healthcare and investment banking industries. Adding him to our executive leadership team positions us to leverage growth opportunities as Availity continues to broaden its reach,” said Russ Thomas, Availity CEO. “We’ve built a strong leadership team to achieve success in this highly competitive environment by meeting our customers’ demands for quality and value-based health information.”

Miller, a magna cum laude graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He resides in Indianapolis, Ind., with his wife and two children.

He is based in Availity’s Indianapolis, Ind., office.

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Availity and its subsidiary, RealMed, make the health care system run faster and better. We provide physicians, hospitals, and health plans with essential business and clinical information to streamline care delivery, drive productivity and better revenue cycle management, and enable better patient experiences.

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