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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
Christus Health restructures as 3 top execs depart
Becker's Hospital Review
6/24/2019
Marty Margetts will succeed Linda McClung; Sam Bagchi, MD, will become the new chief clinical officer; and Jon Manis, senior vice president and CIO of U.S. ministries, will succeed Mr. Conklin.
CommunityCare announces the appointment of Rusty Wyrick as Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Tulsa World
6/17/2019
Wyrick will direct information technology strategy and lead technology operations for the organization. He will also guide the business transformation and technology initiatives currently in process.
Samaritan names CEO of health insurance division
Corvallis Gazette-Times
6/17/2019
Bruce Butler has been named to fill the CEO’s job after a six-month national search, Samaritan Health Services announced this week. He succeeds Kelley Kaiser, who moved into the position of chief administrative officer for Samaritan Health in October.
Marion A. McGowan named CEO of Health New England, senior VP for Baystate Health
Mass Live
6/17/2019
Marion A. McGowan will be appointed to the newly-created position of president and CEO, Health New England and senior vice president of payer innovation, Baystate Health.
Health Alliance Plan (HAP) to acquire Detroit-based Medicaid health plan
Modern Healthcare
6/17/2019
Detroit-based managed-care company Health Alliance Plan is jumping back into the Medicaid HMO business in metro Detroit, signing a deal to acquire the Detroit-based Medicaid plan Trusted HP-Michigan, the insurer said Monday.
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
Taking Healthcare Communications to the Next Level
Clarity Software Solutions
6/20/2019
Clarity provides healthcare organizations a simple solution to create personalized member communications.
How Artificial Intelligence is transforming Risk Adjustment
Cognizant
6/17/2019
The healthcare market is one of the fastest growing markets in the digital universe. From 153 billion gigabytes of data collected in 2013, the healthcare market is on track to collect close to 2.3 trillion gigabytes of data in 2020 with an annual growth rate of 48%.
Care N’ Care and Turn-Key Health Partner to Improve Quality of Life for Members Burdened by a Serious or Advanced Illness
Business Wire
5/14/2019
Through this partnership, Turn-Key will provide Care N’ Care members and their caregivers with its home-based Palliative Illness Management® (PIM) solution, which improves symptom management, establishes goals of care, promotes shared decision-making, and reduces unplanned and non-beneficial healthcare.
Geisinger Partners With Rx Savings Solutions To Offer Members Innovative Savings On Prescription Drugs
Rx Savings Solutions
5/14/2019
Rx Savings Solutions announced today it has partnered with Geisinger Health Plan to provide the health insurance organization's members access to the prescription cost saving software.