Dr. Barbara Ryan, CEO of Mental Health Partners, has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), a non-partisan, nonprofit statewide corporation created to coordinate statewide strategic initiatives to improve health of Coloradans, contain costs and ensure better value. Created in 2008 by Executive Order of the Governor, CIVIHC convenes highly influential decision makers representing health care consumers and advocates. providers, health plans, businesses and government leaders.
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