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Health Plan Alliance Announces Return of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefit Consortium
Health Plan Alliance
9/8/2020
The Health Plan Alliance, in collaboration with Faegre Drinker Consulting and the Wakely Consulting Group, is re-implementing its Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Consortium. The Consortium will evaluate potential supplemental benefits for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and provide resources to assist plans with implementing them.
Joe Lastinger, President of the Health Plan Alliance, featured on the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast
Becker’s Healthcare Podcast
7/27/2020 4:00:00 PM
This episode features Joe Lastinger, President of the Health Plan Alliance. Here, he discusses successful strategies for health plans, his journey to his current role, and more.
Health Plan Alliance Announces Addition of Avalon Healthcare Solutions to its Group Purchasing Organization
Health Plan Alliance
6/10/2020
Avalon is the expert in laboratory benefit management. Avalon's core laboratory management program includes full delegation of Routine Testing Management, Genetic Testing Management, and Independent Laboratory Network Management. Avalon manages all outpatient lab spend across all lab testing types. Avalon delivers its customers approximately 10%-18% annually in outpatient lab savings, or about $2-$3 per member per month.
Member News
HAP Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Margaret Anderson is a Graduate of The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Leadership Detroit Class XLI
Health Alliance Plan
9/15/2020 12:00:00 PM
Health Alliance Plan (HAP) senior vice president, chief sales and marketing officer, Margaret Anderson, is a graduate of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Leadership Detroit program, a 10-month transformational leadership program designed to challenge emerging and existing community leaders from Southeast Michigan to bring about positive change.
Geisinger names Mark McCullough chief financial officer, chief operations officer of Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
9/7/2020 12:00:00 PM
Mark McCullough has been named chief financial officer and chief operations officer for Geisinger Health Plan (GHP). McCullough previously worked at Humana Pharmacy Solutions as vice president/chief financial officer and also served as chief operations officer and interim president.
HAP introduces innovative health plan for Michigan businesses in collaboration with Henry Ford Health System
Health Alliance Plans
8/26/2020 12:00:00 PM
Health Alliance Plan (HAP), a Michigan-based nonprofit health plan, and Henry Ford Health System, one of the nation’s leading health care providers, are leveraging their integrated partnership to offer a new health plan for Michigan businesses designed specifically to deliver world-class care while reducing medical costs.
SelectHealth Names Mike Cotton as new President and CEO
SelectHealth
8/17/2020
Mike Cotton has been named president and chief executive officer of SelectHealth and will serve as a member of Intermountain Healthcare’s Executive Leadership Team. Cotton replaces current SelectHealth president and CEO Patricia Richards who is retiring on August 31. Bert Zimmerli, Intermountain’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will serve as interim president and CEO until Cotton joins SelectHealth in mid-November.
Community Health Plan of Washington Offering Medicaid Coverage in Five New Washington Counties Beginning in 2021
8/10/2020 12:00:00 PM
Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW) is happy to announce that beginning January 1, 2021, it is returning as a Medicaid (Apple Health) health plan in the Pierce and North Central regions of Washington (Pierce, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan counties).
Blog
Blog: Navigating the "new normal"
Kristin Rodriguez, Health Plan Alliance
6/30/2020 8:00:00 AM
The Health Plan Alliance has always brought our members together to do meaningful work and we're continuing to do just that. On June 16, we piloted our first virtual experience and hosted the MA Sales & Marketing Virtual Summit online. It illuminated that “virtual”
doesn't get in the way of fostering the professional connections you crave or prevent those aHa! moments we all need.
Blog: Innovation at work
Cathy K. Eddy
12/27/2019
What health plans can learn from the former head of innovation and creativity at Walt Disney Company.
BLOG: Flying solo? The top reason to join the flock plus 5 key traits to maximize the benefits
Dennis Bolin, Health Plan Alliance
8/26/2019
What conditions need to be present to ensure your organization benefits from being a part of the flock – both internally between teams and externally between other health care providers?
Business News
Avalon Healthcare Solutions Ranks No. 4 on the 2020 Inc. 500 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Avalon Healthcare Solutions
9/7/2020 12:00:00 PM
Avalon Healthcare Solutions is pleased to announce it has achieved the No. 4 ranking on Inc.’s annual Inc. 500 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.
Understanding the types of D-SNP Infographic
Change Healthcare
8/19/2020
While some states require D-SNP participants to be fully eligible for Medicaid, others require only partial Medicaid eligibility. In 2021, all D-SNPs must meet new integration requirements to be designated as one of three types of D-SNP plans. Read more to understand the different types of D-SNP plans.
Santa Clara Family Health Plan Selects CitiusTech’s SCORE+ Platform for HEDIS 2020 Submission
8/10/2020 12:00:00 PM
Santa Clara Family Health Plan (SCFHP), the California-based community health plan, has deployed CitiusTechs SCORE+ platform to improve end-to-end HEDIS compliance across its entire membership. SCFHPs quality improvement team now uses SCORE+ to evaluate, strategize and monitor performance measurements for the organizations 2020-2021 NCQA HEDIS and Medi-Cal submissions.
Podcast: Stellar Health's Healthcare Predictions Podcast
Stellar Health
8/10/2020
Join host Michael Meng, CEO of Stellar Health and an accomplished healthcare panel share their knowledge and views on the current healthcare system. The panel discusses trends like, private equity acquisition of provider practices, market saturation of EPIC / Cerner and interoperability, Medicare Advantage for all, the future of consumer health, and many more.