New COO brings senior and benefits industry expertise to NIH’s leadership team

April 6th, 2026 – DES MOINES, IOWA. NIH is a fast‑growing consulting firm specializing in healthcare design, data, pharmacy, and analytics, helping employers better manage healthcare costs while improving care quality and access to personalized services for their employees.

NIH has named Joshua Ridgeway as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining NIH, Mr. Ridgeway was Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer for Rx-Precision, a genetics-based healthcare company pioneering one of the first Genetic Benefit Management platforms with groundbreaking innovation bringing personalized medicine into the self-insured space. Mr. Ridgeway was Founder & Managing Partner of National Health Advisors, leading a team dedicated to helping employers design self-insured health plans that lower costs, strengthen retention, and simplify benefit management. He will be responsible for leading NIH’s operational strategy and growth efforts in the healthcare market as NIH continues to scale its industry-leading solutions.

With NIH’s exponential growth in health plan management across the country, Robert S. Shestack has been promoted to Chief Enterprise Actuary while maintaining the role as NIH’s President. 

“We are pleased to have Josh join our executive team and leading the strategic operations of NIH,” said Jake Velie, Chairman & CEO. “Josh’s experience and knowledge speak for themself. His extensive experience and operational leadership make him an important part of our future growth. His insights and industry innovations will be a key addition in support of our continued success.” Jake Velie continues, “Having Rob lead our actuarial analytics division is an important step for NIH to provide our clients, stop loss carriers, and brokers the data they need to make important decisions while reducing stop loss premium renewals.”

Mr. Ridgeway has over 15 years of experience in strategic leadership roles in the healthcare space, across organizations such as Northwestern Mutual, Rx-Precision and National Health Advisors. He holds undergraduate degree in Communications and Business from Florida State University.

“I am excited to join the NIH team,” said Ridgeway. “I’ve been fortunate to join NIH and begin to collaborate with an exceptional team, build strong partnerships, and help create real impacts for clients and employees alike. What drives me most is helping people solve meaningful problems and see possibilities they didn’t know existed.”

About National Integrative Health

Since 2013, NIH has specialized in delivering innovative, highly effective clinical strategies directly to employers and their employees. Unlike traditional partners, NIH can integrate seamlessly into existing initiatives to expand impact and scope or design a program entirely from the ground up. In addition to its clinical strategies, NIH provides one‑stop healthcare delivery, provider case management, clinical consulting and engineering, 360° secure healthcare data solutions, and net‑zero funding. By doing so, NIH has helped clients save tens of millions in healthcare spend and serves Employers, Brokers, Pharmacy Benefits Managers, Population Health companies, Third‑Party Administrators, Healthcare Delivery Organizations, and Unions & Associations.

Contact Information:

National Integrative Health
Isabella Walles, Executive Assistant to the CEO
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