STAMFORD, Conn.– ReferWell, a digital healthcare company specializing in navigating care access to help patients get the care they need, today announced the appointment of Kevin Healy as Chief Executive Officer. Healy will officially step into the role on April 1, 2025.
Healy brings to the role more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, spanning leadership positions across health plans, provider organizations, and healthcare technology firms. His expertise covers a broad spectrum, including strategic business growth, operational transformation, and the integration of innovative solutions to enhance patient access and care coordination. Throughout his career, Healy has demonstrated a deep understanding of healthcare, successfully leading teams to drive improvements in both clinical and financial outcomes. His tenure includes leadership positions at organizations like Optum, where he oversaw major business units and helped shape strategies that improved efficiency and patient engagement, and Inspiris, where as chief growth officer, he was in charge of the sales and marketing teams. Healy served as the chairperson of the RISE conference and sat on the advisory committee for more than 14 years.
“I am excited to be joining ReferWell as CEO at such a pivotal time for the organization,” said Kevin Healy. “The company’s mission to streamline access to care closely aligns with my passion for healthcare innovation. In the new role I look forward to leveraging my deep experience in healthcare technology to enhance our Care Access Complete offering, drive growth, and ensure that more patients receive the timely and efficient care that they deserve.”
Healy joins ReferWell following the transformational work of Vytas Kisielius who successfully led the company’s efforts to elevate care access through innovative solutions that improve patient engagement and health outcomes.
“I greatly value Vytas Kisielius’ leadership and contributions over the past nine years and I am delighted to welcome Kevin Healy to ReferWell to build on the strong momentum achieved during Vytas’ tenure as we continue to execute on our mission to get people to the care they need,” said Gene Huang, Executive Chairman of the Board. “I believe that Kevin’s experience scaling healthcare solutions, fostering strategic partnerships and leveraging technology to solve critical industry challenges will be key to our success expanding the reach and impact of ReferWell across the healthcare ecosystem.”
ReferWell began with a simple but impactful goal: making it easy for patients to find and schedule appointments at the point-of-care. Since its launch in 2015, the company has further evolved its offerings and services, enabling healthcare organizations to elevate care access through its advanced scheduling platform, member engagement strategies and hands-on program management. Today, ReferWell continues to work in close collaboration with forward-thinking health plans and providers to drive success in value-based care arrangements, helping them to overcome administrative hurdles, simplify the complexity of matching members with the right care, increase show rates in support of organizational goals and ensure loop closure for better outcomes.
In 2025, the company strives to identify new opportunities to apply its unique care scheduling platform and care concierge service to help break down the barriers traditionally associated with searching for, receiving and providing care. Through such efforts, ReferWell is connecting data and empathy like never before to positively impact patient health outcomes and drive better ways to improve access to care.
