NEWSEnlace Health Appoints Former Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota CEO Craig Samitt, MD, to Board of Directors as it Scales Its Specialty Care Operating System
Atlanta, GA — April 16, 2026 — Enlace Health today announced that Dr. Craig Samitt, a nationally recognized physician leader and healthcare executive, has joined its Board of Directors. Dr. Samitt brings deep experience leading healthcare organizations to improve affordability, coordination, and performance – particularly in complex specialty care models.
Bill Nordmark, President and CEO of Enlace Health, said, “We are delighted to welcome Dr. Samitt to Enlace Health’s Board of Directors. His experience leading organizations to deliver measurable financial and clinical outcomes, along with his deep understanding of specialty care performance, will be invaluable as we continue to scale our impact. ”
Dr. Samitt said, “Specialty care is where much of the cost and complexity in healthcare resides, yet it remains one of the least consistently managed areas. Enlace Health is bringing a level of discipline, transparency, and operating rigor that has largely been missing. That combination of better insight, tighter execution, and aligned incentives is exactly what’s needed to improve performance in these high-impact areas. I’m excited to join the Enlace Health Board and support a team focused on making that a reality.”
Enlace Health’s platform supports specialty care operations by embedding analytics, financial accuracy, and coordinated execution into one integrated model. The company’s approach helps organizations identify cost variation, improve program performance, and build more reliable pathways for specialty care delivery. Enlace is emerging as a trusted infrastructure partner for health plans, provider organizations, and risk-bearing entities seeking to move from fragmented programs to scalable value-based models.
Dr. Samitt previously served as CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and as President of Anthem’s Diversified Business Group, where he also held the role of Chief Clinical Officer. On the provider side, he served as CEO of Dean Health System and held leadership roles at HealthCare Partners (DaVita). He currently advises and serves on the boards of healthcare organizations focused on accelerating the transition to value-based care.
About Enlace Health
Enlace Health powers specialty care performance for health plans, improving medical loss ratio and reducing the cost of care across high-impact specialty conditions. By operationalizing risk-based models through data, provider engagement, and program administration, Enlace acts as the operating system for specialty care—reducing unwarranted variation and delivering consistent, measurable financial results at scale.
With more than a decade of experience, Enlace enables payers to design, deploy, and scale specialty programs across a broad range of conditions—improving care delivery while driving sustainable cost and quality performance.
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