MDpanel names new chief operating and chief client officers

MDpanel, a provider of expert medical opinions in the United States, has appointed Manish Nariwal as Chief Operating Officer and Jim Andrews as Chief Client Officer. Both will report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jason Erdell, according to a company press release.

Nariwal, who joined MDpanel in July 2026, will oversee enterprise operations, including its Qualified Medical Evaluation and Independent Medical Examination business lines. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Ontellus, a national records retrieval and claims intelligence company, for three years. Before that, he spent seven years at First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), where he held roles as Senior Vice President of Global Operations and Senior Vice President of Product Technology.

Andrews will lead MDpanel's client organization, managing relationships with carriers, third-party administrators, state and local governments, and attorneys. He joins from mea, where he served as Chief Executive Officer, Americas. Prior to that, he held revenue and customer-facing leadership roles at Carpe Data, a data and predictive analytics company serving property and casualty carriers.

MDpanel said it began consolidating medical opinion providers in 2023 and operates a technology platform intended to reduce administrative tasks for physicians and clients. The company supports hundreds of thousands of medical opinion deliveries annually across the United States and Canada.

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