Member News

Prominence Health Plan Leverages LeadingReach for Referral Management and Patient Care Coordination
Prominence Health Plan

Prominence Health Plan is pleased to announce its partnership with LeadingReach, healthcare’s connected referral network and technology platform. By using LeadingReach as the foundation of its referral management efforts, Prominence Health Plan furthers its commitment to connect medical providers, specialists, and care coordinators to deliver high-quality care and improve the patient experience.




Prominence Health Launches Chronic Kidney Disease Management Program
Prominence

Prominence Health Plan announces its advanced kidney care management program in collaboration with Northern Nevada’s leading nephrologists at Sierra Nevada Specialty Care, and the national value based care experts Strive Health. This groundbreaking partnership aims to enhance the quality of care and improve health outcomes for Medicare members in Nevada with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).




Sentara Healthcare acquires AvMed, Inc.
Sentara HealthCare

Sentara Healthcare, one of the largest not-for-profit integrated health care delivery systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region has finalized the transaction with SantaFe HealthCare, Inc., for ownership of AvMed, Inc., a not-for-profit health plan in Florida.




Health Alliance Medical Plans names new President and Chief Executive Officer
Health Alliance Medical Plans

Sinead Rice Madigan, Chief Operating Officer, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Health Alliance Medical Plans. Rice Madigan served for four years as COO, with 15 years of experience within the health plan, and an additional 15 years with Illinois state government agencies.




Summer 2022: Pharmacy Market Outlook
Vizient Inc.

Insight into biosimilars, their anticipated market impact, increased use of high-cost and novel cardiology, dermatology and diabetes medication therapies, and a 3.26% projected drug price inflation rate for 2023.




HealthTeam Advantage Partners with nirvanaHealth to Implement the First Integrated Payer & PBM Platform Ever Built
Businesswire

nirvanaHealth (formerly RxAdvance) and HealthTeam Advantage (“HTA”) announce their partnership, with HTA embracing both nirvanaHealth’s Medicare Advantage and PBM complete enterprise solution.




Optima Health taps Virginia Beach-based FinFit to offer financial wellness tool to Medicaid clients
Optima Health

FinFit, the Virginia Beach-based financial wellness company, and Optima Health, a Virginia Beach-based health insurance provider, have joined forces to help those in underserved and vulnerable populations ease financial stress.




HAP Makes $75,000 Donation to Detroit Public Schools Community District Foundation
Health Alliance Plan (HAP)

Health Alliance Plan, a Michigan-based nonprofit health plan, is reaching out to the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) to support a program that provides coats and personal care items to students throughout the district who need them.




Health New England Appoints New Chief Medical Officer and Chief Information Officer
Businesswire

Health New England welcomes two new executives to its leadership team. Dr. Kate McIntosh, MD, MBA, FAAP, is Health New England’s new Chief Medical Officer and Casey Hossa is the company’s Chief Information Officer.




Vizient Medical Device Tech Watch Highlights Rapid Adoption of AI-Enabled Stroke Detection


Data analysis from the Vizient, Inc. Clinical Data Base shows a rapid uptake in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for detection of ischemic stroke.




Prominence Health Plan ACOs Saved Medicare $84.7 million in 2020
Prominence Health Plan

Prominence Health Plan, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS), reports that in 2020, its seven Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) combined to save Medicare $84.7 million, resulting in over $50 million in earnings for its 3,000 participating physicians and an average quality score of 98%.




Three Alliance member health plans land top scores on NCQA's 2021 report card
Becker's Healthcare

The National Committee for Quality Assurance collectively awarded 17 commercial, Medicaid and Medicare plans perfect 5.0 scores after a review of over 1,000 health plans. Congratulations to CDPHP, Medical Associates Health Plan, and Quartz Health Plan on their scores.




Providence Health Plan names Don Antonucci CEO, promotes Michael White to president
Becker's

Portland, Ore.-based Providence Health Plan announced Don Antonucci as its new chief executive officer, with Michael White becoming president, according to an Aug. 16 company release.




AvMed Partners With Rx Savings Solutions To Provide Members Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs
PR Newswire

AvMed, one of Florida's oldest and largest not-for-profit health plans, has partnered with Rx Savings Solutions, a market-leading prescription transparency tool, to help its more than 200,000 members save money on prescription drugs.




Health Alliance Plan and MSU Health Care Announce Joint Effort to Improve Senior Health
HAP

Health Alliance Plan (HAP) and MSU Health Care are joining forces to educate MSU alumni and other Medicare-eligible individuals about HMO and PPO insurance products this fall as an early outcome of the Henry Ford Health System partnership with Michigan State University.