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Health Plan Alliance welcomes new member, Mary Washington Healthcare
Health Plan Alliance
11/7/2019
The Health Plan Alliance is expanding its network of provider-sponsored health plans. The organization today announced that Mary Washington Healthcare, based in Fredericksburg, Va., is now a member of the Alliance.
Health Plan Alliance welcomes new member, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP)
Health Plan Alliance
11/7/2019
The Health Plan Alliance is expanding its network of provider-sponsored health plans. The organization today announced that Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP), based in Albany, N.Y., is now a member of the Alliance.
Health Plan Alliance Announces Addition of Pareto Intelligence’s Medicare Advantage Market Intelligence Tool to its Group Purchasing Organization
Health Plan Alliance
10/21/2019
A long-time preferred business sponsor of the Alliance, Pareto will now offer a custom version of its Pareto Spotlight solution exclusive to Alliance member health plans through the Alliance Group Purchasing Organization (GPO).
Member News
Quartz Health Solutions CEO, Terry Bolz, announces retirement
Quartz Health Solutions
1/13/2020
Terry Bolz, CEO of Quartz Health Solutions, plans to retire in July after leading the organization for more than 19 years.
Heather Ingram, Presbyterian Health Plan, named 2020 Women of Influence honoree
Albuquerque Business First
1/13/2020
Heather Ingram, the executive director of Centennial Care at Presbyterian Health Plan, along with Dr. Rachel Frija, delivery system manager of clinical education and professional development at Presbyterian Health System and Michelle Lewis Reeves, director of leadership development at PHS made the list of 2020 Women of Influence by Albuquerque Business First.
Community Health Plan of Washington creates new role to support growth
State of Reform
1/13/2020
Meg Olberding has been named as the first Director of Brand Messaging and Public Relations for the Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), Washington’s local not-for-profit Medicaid and Medicare managed care plan.
Health Alliance Medical Plans and Sarah Bush Lincoln enter into contract for health plan products
Effingham Daily News
1/13/2020
Health Alliance Medical Plans and Sarah Bush Lincoln have entered into a five-year contractual partnership giving local health care consumers access to all products from the local health plan company and the local health system.
1 in 6 kids has a mental health crisis. Easley High has partnered with Prisma Health to train students how to respond
Greenville News
1/7/2020
Easley High has partnered with Prisma Health this year to train students how to recognize when their peers are experiencing a mental health crisis through mental health first aid.
Blog
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?
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.
Business News
Change Healthcare Consulting Services - Medicare STARS Support Case Study
Change Healthcare
1/15/2020
Accurately predicting STAR scores in real-time for a health plan can be difficult without the proper tools in place. Learn how the Change Healthcare Consulting staff helped a payer predict proper STAR scores and utilize them for their advantage.
MultiPlan’s Data iSight Reduces Out-of-Network Claim Charges
MultiPlan
12/24/2019
Data iSight is a patented, defensible alternative to U & C or Medicare-based reductions for out-of-network charges Using publicly available claim data and a unique benchmarking process, it calculates fair reimbursement that is cost-based for facilities and median reimbursement-based for practitioners — and acceptable to providers and able to achieve savings for medical payers.
Case Study - Considering a Stop Loss Offering?
Medical Risk Managers, Inc.
12/9/2019
If you are a Health Plan considering a Stop Loss offering, this will be of interest to you.
Care N’ Care and Vital Decisions Partner on Plenary Session at C-TAC Summit on Advanced Illness Care
Vital Decisions
12/3/2019
Care N’ Care health plan partners with Vital Decisions to discuss innovations in serving individuals and their families in advance care planning processes at the 2019 C-TAC Summit on Advanced Illness Care.