WellPoint Inc. announced that Amy Cheslock has been appointed to the role of vice president of Payment Innovation for Provider Engagement and Contracting within the company's Commercial and Specialty Business division. Cheslock previously served as vice president of Provider Engagement and Contracting for WellPoint's Central Region markets and enterprise Cost-of-Care initiatives. She succeeds Jill Rubin Hummel who, last month, was named president of WellPoint's affiliated health plan in Connecticut.

As vice president of Payment Innovation, Cheslock will be accountable for developing provider payment and delivery models that reduce total cost of care, as well as reward and support improvements in health care quality, patient safety, health outcomes, health status and access. Additionally, Cheslock will focus on pay-for-performance initiatives, enterprise-wide provider communications, management of National Account networks and provider transparency initiatives. She also will oversee WellPoint's enhanced personal health care initiative, a program that focuses on patient-centered care and reimburses providers for value-based, rather than volume-based, performance.