CLARA Analytics Adds to Growing Roster of Veteran Leadership
Christine Melancon Joins CLARA as Director of Regulatory Compliance
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — July 11, 2019 — CLARA Analytics (“CLARA”), the leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the commercial insurance industry, today announced that Christine Melancon has joined the company as the director of regulatory compliance. She has spent her entire career working in the healthcare industry, emerging as a true leader, particularly in the areas of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance and Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs). Melancon will play a valuable role on the product delivery team.
“Christine is an exceptional fit for CLARA, adding more than 20 years of domain-specific experience. She has successfully transferred many years of clinical experience into a stellar career in the Medicare Secondary Payer compliance industry,” said Jayant Lakshmikanthan, president of CLARA Analytics. “She inherently understands the value CLARA’s solutions offer and the massive impact they can have on the future of care. We are thrilled to have her join what has rapidly become a dream team of commercial insurance and machine learning experts. We believe that investing in such leaders is the only way to deliver fully on the promise of AI.”
Melancon’s distinguished career includes:
- Serving as the Director of Operations at Cobalt Compliance Partners, a firm providing Medicare Secondary Payer compliance solutions to insurance carriers, self-insureds, third-party administrators, and attorneys.
- Providing Medicare compliance technology based solutions to clients while serving as the Vice President of Operations for EZ-MSA, which she co-founded in 2009.
- Learning all facets of the commercial insurance industry and its regulations through her experience with organizations such as NOLA Medical Management, Gould and Lamb, Intracorp, and Travelers.
Melancon has also been a member of the National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) board of directors for six years, where she served on the executive board as secretary and co-chaired the education committee. She is a frequent speaker at industry events as well as an instructor for the Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers (LASIE) Certified Medicare Secondary Payer Professional (CMSP) program and for the International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC) Medicare Set-Aside Certified Consultant (MSCC) program.
Melancon currently holds a license as a registered nurse in Louisiana in addition to national certifications as a Medicare Set-Aside Certified Consultant (MSCC), Certified Medicare Secondary Payer Professional Fellow (CMSP-F), Certified Case Manager (CCM), and Certified Nurse Life Care Planner (CNLCP).
“CLARA is doing something remarkable to remake an industry desperately in need of transformation,” said Melancon. “After spending my career working with those directly impacted by the claims process, I see a tremendous opportunity to take part in that transformation, and I couldn’t be more excited to bring my ideas for MSA and claims applications to life.”
Melancon joins a stocked roster of high-profile executive hires at CLARA. Most recently, CLARA added Pramod Akkarachittor as vice president of products. In September, CLARA announced that MSA veteran Kim Wiswell joined the company as vice president of managed care operations. Additionally, Tom Ash was named the senior vice president of sales and business development while Ruth Estrich was appointed to CLARA’s advisory board.
To learn more about how CLARA is applying AI and ML to disrupt the commercial insurance industry, please visit www.claraanalytics.com/
About CLARA Analytics
CLARA Analytics improves claims outcomes in commercial insurance with easy-to-use artificial intelligence (AI)-based products. CLARA’s suite helps claims teams reduce various sources of loss costs in claims handling by keeping claims on track throughout their life cycle. The suite uses the latest in AI and machine learning (ML) technology and can integrate easily into any workflow or infrastructure to rapidly start showing value. CLARA’s customers include companies from the top 25 insurance carriers to small, self-insured organizations. CLARA Analytics was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Silicon Valley in California. For more information, visit www.claraanalytics.com, and follow CLARA Analytics on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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