Forge Health appoints Paul Martino as board chairman

Forge Health, a White Plains-based provider of value-based mental health and substance use care, has appointed Paul Martino as chairman of the board of directors.

Martino succeeds Tim Wentworth, who stepped down prior to becoming the new CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance. Martino has more than 30 years of leadership and healthcare industry experience and is the co-founder of VillageMD, a value-based care company for primary, multispecialty, and urgent care. Prior to VillageMD, he was senior vice president of clinical strategy and innovation at Anthem/WellPoint, where he was instrumental in architecting

“Paul uniquely understands the challenges that the healthcare system faces in trying to deliver the best health outcomes for their patients and shares our same commitment to driving innovation and improving care delivery at the interface of behavioral health and physical medicine,” said Eric Frieman, co-founder, and CEO of Forge Health. “His success in driving transformative healthcare innovation, coupled with his remarkable business acumen, make him the ideal partner to advance the Forge Health mission. We are humbled that he has chosen Forge Health as the first board to serve as chair.”