Empower Healthcare Solutions
Suzanne Tipton has an extensive work experience spanning over several organizations. Suzanne currently holds the position of VP, Chief Compliance and Legal Officer at Empower Healthcare Solutions since June 2020. Prior to this, they served as Deputy Commissioner, General Counsel at the Arkansas Insurance Department from May 2015 to June 2020. Suzanne also worked at Regions Insurance, Inc. as Vice President, JD from August 2013 to May 2015. Before that, they held the position of Managing Attorney - Arkansas at Hosto & Buchan PLLC from June 2006 to August 2013. Suzanne began their career in the U.S. Army, serving as a 75E Personnel Actions Specialist from 1991 to 1993.
Suzanne Tipton completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice/Legal Studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2002. Suzanne then pursued a Juris Doctor (JD) degree at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, which they completed in 2005.
Empower Healthcare Solutions
Empower’s model of care ensures individuals with behavioral health needs or intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) receive the right care, in the right setting, at the right time to improve health outcomes and manage total health care costs. Our mission is to empower individuals to lead fuller, healthier lives at home in their communities. Our members are at the center of all we do. We partner with providers, advocates, and the community to deliver the right solutions for an improved quality of life for our members We identify all of the individual’s treating providers and include their input when developing the individual’s plan of care. Ensuring the plan is person-centered, we identify individual’s strengths and needs by collaborating with them and their family members during the development process. We also address their functional needs based upon their Independent Assessments. We then develop clinical interventions to help our members navigate the medical, behavioral health, and developmental disability systems as well as access community resources to address their needs.