SCAN Health Plan, a not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plan, has named Nancy Monk as chief risk officer.

She will be responsible for compliance, internal audit and risk management for the company.

Prior to joining SCAN, Monk served as senior vice president of regulatory and public affairs for UnitedHealthcare, where she led the regulatory and compliance activities of 13 states. Previous to that, she was vice president of state government affairs for PacifiCare Health Systems. She also served as an assistant vice president of government relations for National Medical Enterprises, (now Tenet Healthcare).