St. Louis-based nimble solutions, an ASC revenue cycle management company, named Kelley Blair CEO.
Ms. Blair succeeds Nader Samii, who has been CEO for the last 14 years. Mr. Samii is transitioning to become executive chair of the board for nimble solutions, which has more than 1,100 clients and 1,300 employees. During his time at nimble, Mr. Samii oversaw big growth within the company, including multiple acquisitions.
"Building nimble over the past 14 years with the most passionate, driven and talented experts in the business has been the professional honor of my lifetime," said Mr. Samii in a news release. "I am so thankful that our brilliant and highly innovative clients have entrusted us with their business, which has allowed us to grow rapidly while also providing us the opportunity to invest in solutions that have truly benefited our clients."
Ms. Blair was chosen to lead the company through its next iteration with a focus on further elevating the client experience and financial success. Ms. Blair was previously COO of Therapy Brands, a technology and revenue cycle service provider for behavioral health organizations, which is backed by KKR. She also has experience as the senior vice president and general manager of the health system services business for Change Healthcare.
"We identified Kelley as the perfect leader to take nimble, and our clients, to new heights as she is a highly seasoned revenue cycle leader with an impressive track record of driving strategic growth, delivering world class client experience, scaling operations and building high performing teams," said Mr. Samii.
Ms. Blair said she has admired nimble for years and is aligned with the company's core values, purpose and overall mission. She will build on the company's successes, which include collecting $10 billion in net revenue and coding more than 25 million surgical charts.
"I am galvanized by the opportunity to work with the entire nimble team to build on its platform to deliver incredible value to our world-class clientele by leveraging our deep expertise, cutting edge technologies and proprietary data and analytics," she said.