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Farewell Letter from Sara Neese, Alliance Chief Operating Officer
Health Plan Alliance
6/17/2019
Sara Neese retires from her position as Alliance chief operating officer on June 21 after 14 years of service.
Health Plan Alliance Announces Addition of LifeBalance Program to its Group Purchasing Organization
Health Plan Alliance
5/28/2019
LifeBalance is a discount network that offers health plan members savings and benefits at more than 20,000 recreational, cultural, well-being and travel-related businesses. Its offerings have shown to improve health plan member loyalty, engagement and well-being.
Medicare Advantage is nudging aside ‘old Medicare’ with a free ride, a warm meal, and a handyman
STAT News
4/3/2019
Private Medicare Advantage plans offer seniors services that aren't available through the traditional Medicare program.
Member News
Prisma Health Expands Interactive Mobile Wayfinding Platform to Six Midlands Hospitals
Prisma Health
8/22/2019
The expansion of Prisma Health GO will provide step-by-step directions to any destination within the health system. Prisma Health’s wayfinding platform brings indoor navigation to over 10 million square feet of the 14 Prisma Health Campus locations.
CareOregon Is Becoming Part Of Providence
Providence Health Plans
8/22/2019
CareOregon, the largest insurer of Medicaid patients in the state, is becoming part of the multistate, multi-billion-dollar Providence Health & Services system, under a proposal the two nonprofits announced Tuesday morning.
MetroPlus Health Plan Announces New Partnerships with City Government Agencies to Enroll More New Yorkers in Health Insurance
MetroPlus
8/22/2019
MetroPlus Health Plan today announced new partnerships with the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to provide New Yorkers who interact with these three critical agencies information about the City’s public option health plan and encourage them to enroll in affordable health insurance.
Using Data Analytics to Reach Five-Star Medicare Quality Measures
Geisinger Health PLan
8/22/2019
Geisinger Health Plan leveraged highly specific survey data to improve their Medicare quality measures
Sanjiv S. Shah, M.D., Appointed Chief Medical Officer of MetroPlus Health Plan
MetroPlus
8/20/2019
"We are confident Dr. Shah is the visionary leader we need to continue ensuring our members receive the excellent health services they deserve and continue to rank us among the top in quality and patient satisfaction,” said MetroPlus Board Chair Sally Hernandez-Pinero.
Blog
BLOG: Growing where you are already planted
Kristin Rodriguez, Health Plan Alliance
6/24/2019
How delivery systems can become a hub for health and healthcare in the future by shifting their focus from buying and building hospitals to leveraging their existing platforms to generate growth and often more profitable streams of revenue.
BLOG: Why health plans should think more like Netflix
Kristin Rodriguez, Health Plan Alliance
5/13/2019
Netflix's success didn't come from one dramatic market play. It came from a thousand little choices their leadership made in reaction to new opportunities and a changing landscape. Using this approach, maybe health plans could create a health care experience consumers value as much as family movie night.
BLOG: Access to health care coverage is topic #1 (even in Antarctica)
Dennis Bolin, Health Plan Alliance
3/4/2019
I recently took a trip to the Antarctic and met many interesting people along the way. When they heard I work in health insurance they would launch into their opinions, experiences and questions. Demonstrating that health care is at the center of our personal conversations as well as our political ones.
Business News
Health New England Becomes First Health Plan In Region To Launch Rx Savings Solutions
Rx Savings
8/22/2019
Rx Savings Solutions has partnered with Health New England to serve approximately 85,000 members in its commercial line of business and help them save money on prescription drugs.
LifeBalance and The Providence Health Plan: Interview with Brad Garrigues
LifeBalance
8/19/2019
What’s it like to work with LifeBalance? We thought our clients could tell the story best. So we recently sat down with Providence Health Plan’s Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Brad Garrigues, to talk a little more about the long history between LifeBalance and Providence.
CoxHealth Selects MDLIVE as Virtual Healthcare Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Care Across Missouri Communities
Yahoo Finance
8/13/2019
“We chose MDLIVE based on their track record of driving world-class consumer and clinician experience, as well as their ability to seamlessly integrate their platform within our Electronic Health Records (EHRs),” said Dr. Louis Krenn, Medical Director of Ambulatory Clinical Practice Efficiency.
Guide to moving from a fully insured to self-funded health plan
The Phia Group
7/26/2019
Explore the advantages self-funded health coverage provides over “traditional” fully insured plans — and whether everyone can make the transition.