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Balaji Gandhi Joins Press Ganey as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and StrategyPress Ganey announced today that Balaji Gandhi has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy. In this role, Gandhi will lead corporate development, with a focus on expanding Press Ganey's capabilities to help clients gain more targeted insights and adopt patient-centered practices to improve clinical and quality performance. "As a health care leader, Balaji is a strong addition to the team and brings considerable industry insights as we expand our solutions to support overall clinical, operational and financial performance for clients," said Patrick T. Ryan, CEO, Press Ganey. Gandhi brings nearly 19 years of corporate and investment experience, with an exclusive focus on the health care services market, to his role at Press Ganey. Most recenly, he served as a Senior Vice President with GE Capital where he was responsible for evaluating debt investment opportunities in health care services companies. Prior to joining GE Capital in 2013, Gandhi spent five years as Vice President of Corporate Development at Fresenius Medical Care North America where he worked with the executive leadership team to help execute strategic projects. He also spent over 11 years covering the health care industry in various roles working for Oppenheimer, Pacific Growth Equities (News - Alert), Deutsche Bank and Volpe Brown Whelan. "Having followed this industry through the evolution of pay for performance initiatives, I recognize Press Ganey's unique ability to fulfill on the vision of patient-driven care," said Gandhi. "Through integrated measurement, data, analytics and insights, Press Ganey can help providers to realize the vision of value-based care models, and I look forward to being a part of that enabling force as we expand the suite of solutions." Gandhi holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester and a Master of Health Administration from the George Washington University. He assumed his role at Press Ganey on May 4, 2015. About Press Ganey Associates, Inc. Press Ganey is a leading provider of patient experience measurement, performance analytics and strategic advisory solutions for health care organizations across the continuum of care. Celebrating 30 years of experience, Press Ganey is recognized as a pioneer and thought leader in patient experience measurement and performance improvement solutions. Our mission is to help health care organizations reduce patient suffering and improve clinical quality, safety and the patient experience. As of January 1, 2015, we served more than 22,000 health care facilities, including 62% of U.S. acute care hospitals, 81% of U.S. acute care hospitals with more than 100 beds and 73% of U.S. medical practices with more than 50 physicians.
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