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Health Plan Alliance Announces Return of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefit Consortium
Health Plan Alliance
7/22/2021
The Health Plan Alliance (Alliance), in collaboration with Faegre Drinker Consulting and the Wakely Consulting Group, is pleased to announce the launch of its Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Consortium for Plan Year 2023.
Health Plan Alliance Announces Addition of Centauri Health Solutions to its Group Purchasing Organization
Health Plan Alliance
5/18/2021
Centauri’s Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) contract offers Alliance health plan members preferred pricing on Centauri’s dual eligibility, SSI/SSDI and HEDIS® services.
Health Plan Alliance Announces Addition of Virtix Health to its Group Purchasing Organization
Health Plan Alliance
4/14/2021
The Health Plan Alliance (Alliance), a national organization for provider-sponsored health plan collaboration, today announced an exclusive group purchasing organization (GPO) contract with Virtix Health, a cutting-edge risk adjustment solutions and technology company.
Member News
HEALTH NEW ENGLAND APPOINTS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Health New England
7/22/2021
Health New England is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Lisa M. Cohen to the role of Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. In this position, Cohen is responsible for leading Health New England’s financial strategy, accounting, actuarial, underwriting and financial reporting, ensuring its ability to provide cost-effective health care coverage while maintaining high-quality member care.
MetroPlusHealth to Provide Health Insurance Coverage and Comprehensive Care Management to Over 1,000 New York City Youth in Foster Care and VFCAs
BusinessWire
7/9/2021
MetroPlusHealth, New York City’s five-star rated health plan, announced today that children and youth placed in foster care under Voluntary Foster Care Agencies (VFCAs) with 29-I licenses will now receive access to quality health care through MetroPlusHealth and other Medicaid Managed Care Plans.
Program Aimed at Providing Housing & Support Services for People Experiencing Homelessness Sees 75% Decrease in Emergency Department Visits and 79% Decrease in Admissions
Health Partners Plans
6/23/2021
Health Partners Plans, Keystone First, Resources for Human Development, Inc. (RHD) and Temple University Hospital today announced their collaborative pilot program aimed directly at improving the health of homeless patients by providing them with housing subsidies and support services. Between April and October 2020, the “Housing Smart” program enrolled 25 high healthcare utilizers with instances of avoidable emergency department or inpatient admissions.
HAP Ranks Highest in Michigan in J.D. Power 2021
HAP
6/8/2021
Health Alliance Plan (HAP) ranked highest in member satisfaction among commercial health plans in the Michigan region, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study?. This marks two out of the last three years that HAP has been ranked #1 according to this study by J.D. Power.
QURE Healthcare and CDPHP Partner to Support Cardiology Practices in Upstate New York
CDPHP
4/5/2021
QURE Healthcare and CDPHP have announced a partnership that will offer CDPHP network cardiologists in New York’s Capital Region access to an innovative, evidence-based cardiology enhancement project.
Blog
2020 – A year for innovation, teamwork, and resilience
Cathy Eddy
12/1/2020
Adam Grant, Organizational Psychologist, The Wharton School of Business; Bestselling Author; Host: WorkLife, a TED Original Podcast, joins the Health Plan Alliance for its Fall Leadership Forum as part of the CKE Lecture Series. Cathy Eddy shares some of the highlights of his talk in this 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.
Business News
Core System Replacement
Change Healthcare
7/14/2021
Healthcare is change faster than ever. COVID-19 broke down some historical barriers, but even before the pandemic, the healthcare industry was transforming faster than ever - driven by unsustainable costs, higher customer expectations, and more active government regulation.
Today, technology enabled innovations are fueling the transformation as incumbent organizations work to reinvent themselves and new entrants work to disrupt the status quo.
Customer Centricity, Value-Based Healthcare, and D
Change Healthcare
7/12/2021
In this webinar series, clinicians and industry experts sit down to discuss the evolution of value-based healthcare in the wake of COVID-19. Tune in to hear industry experts discuss consumer centricity, value-based healthcare, and digital transformation in the wake of COVID-19.
Don't Forget the Testing White Paper
Change Healthcare
7/7/2021
It's never too early to begin integrating testing decisions into the planning process for a core system implementation project. Read this Change Healthcare Consulting White Paper to learn more about the sooner you focus on testing, the better prepared you'll be to validate your key business decisions.
CASE STUDY: CMS Dual Concurrent Payment Changes
Centauri
7/1/2021
Learn how Centauri helped a 300,000 member Medicare plan address CMS' Dual Concurrent Payment Changes with an aggressive target-lift-retain strategy.