Wednesday, July 26, 2017
 
Your Health Insurance Plan Company News Quick Read-
Who's making news today?  Here is HCBD-Who'sIT!
 
 
Executive Index
by Company
Ms. Marilyn Tavenner
AHIP
Retired President and CEO
Ms. Jenna Warner
Amendola Communications
Former Communications Manager
Ms. Chanel Benoit
Aria Marketing
Account Executive
Mr. Jay Desai
Bamboo Health
Board Member and Former PatientPing CEO
Andrew Dreyfus
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Greg Winter
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
Former Vice President of Corporate Communications
Mr. Perry Bernocchi
Byram Healthcare Inc.
CEO
Ms. Judy Manning
Byram Healthcare Inc.
Vice President, Marketing
Mr. Richard (Rich) D. Lynch
Carelon Behavioral Health
Former Executive Vice President and Market President, Northeast Region
Ms. Amy Sheyer
Carelon Behavioral Health
Former Assistant Vice President - External Relations
Mr. Timothy (Tim) Murphy
Carelon Behavioral Health
Senior Advisor and Former CEO
Michael Rabovsky M.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Department of Family Medicine
Hermann Stubbe M.D.
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Florida Department of Family Medicine
Mr. Ken Keller
CommonSpirit Health
Chief Operating Officer at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Dignity Health)
Mr. Richard (Rich) Roth
CommonSpirit Health
Chief Strategic Innovation Officer (Dignity Health)
Ms. Jennifer Jackson
Connecticut Hospital Association
CEO
Sharon Vitti
CVS Health
Former SVP - President
Erez Raphael
DarioHealth Corp.
Chairman and CEO
Mr. Paul Roscoe
Docent Health, part of GetWellNetwork
Co Founder and CEO
Ms. Lisa Bell
DPA Communications
Executive Vice President
Mr. David D. Vielehr
InComm Healthcare and Affinity
Former Senior Vice President & GM: Healthcare & Affinity
Dr. Michael Kanter
Kaiser Permanente
Former Medical Director of Quality & Clinical Analysis - Southern California Permanente Medical Grou
Ernest Shen PhD
Kaiser Permanente
Research Scientist Biostatistician
Dr. Adam Sharp
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Study Lead Author
Ms. Arri Burgess
MCG Health - part of the Hearst Health network
Vice President of Marketing
Jonathan (Jon) Shreve FSA
MCG Health - part of the Hearst Health network
President and CEO
Ms. Albert Sosa
MedVision
CEO
Mr. Chris Nicholson
mPulse Mobile
Co-founder and Former CEO
Ms. Paige Mantel
mPulse Mobile
Former Chief Marketing Officer
Mr. Wally Dawson
OneDigital Health and Benefits
Managing Principal
Mr. Philip de Guzman
PatientPoint Health Technologies
Communications Lead (Outcome Health)
Mr. Vivek Kundra
PatientPoint Health Technologies
Chief Operating Officer (Outcome Health)
Mr. Rishi Shah
PatientPoint Health Technologies
Founder and Former CEO (Outcome Health)
Dr. Ron Geraty
Sagility
Former Chief Executive Officer (HGS AxisPoint)
Ian Jenkins MD, SFHM
University of California San Diego
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
 
Company News Headlines
     
HIP News and Announcements      
AHIP Blog| Marilyn Tavenner: Putting Consumers First
I believe strongly in health plans’ role in advancing a patient-centered care delivery model. What motivates the men and women of this industry to do the work we do every single day is our own experience as patients and as family caregivers. Health plans have the unique opportunity of being present throughout life’s most important – and most vulnerable – moments. That puts us at the forefront of driving the changes that will improve patient care.

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AHIP Blog: Myth vs. Fact - What’s Behind Drug Prices
The prices of many drugs continue to explode, and there’s still a lack of transparency in how these skyrocketing prices are set. So we’re fact-checking some of the pharmaceutical industry’s main arguments for why they have to charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for a course of treatment.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Statement on Senate Health Care Vote
"Now that the Senate has voted to begin debate to repeal-and-replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we encourage policy makers to work in a bipartisan spirit to improve the ACA to create a health care system that is high quality, affordable, and sustainable," saod Andrew Dreyfus , President and CEO of BCBSMA

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Kaiser Permanente Emergency Department Intervention for Adult Head Trauma Reduces CT Use
“Our aim with this study was twofold: to decrease unnecessary CT scans that may harm patients and increase costs, while ensuring patients receive the highest quality, recommended care. This effort also demonstrates the feasibility and positive impact the implementation of a clinical decision rule has on CT use in community emergency departments," said Dr. Adam Sharp , emergency department physician, Kaiser Permanente

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Dignity Health Expands Docent Health Services in Bakersfield
"We are very happy to be able to introduce Docent Health services to our patients. We believe that the Docent approach of providing personalized service to our patients is very important in building long-lasting relationships and the best possible patient care for our community," said Mr. Ken Keller , Chief Operating Officer at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

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OneDigital Health and Benefits Acquires The Benefits Agency, Inc.
“Having The Benefits Agency join the OneDigital Southeast team brings an additional set of resources and services to our growing client base. Spencer and Angelo have built an impressive operation with a reputation to follow and we look forward to continuing that work. We are excited to have them on board and look forward to working with their team," said Mr. Wally Dawson , regional managing principal of OneDigital Southeast

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NAVIGATION - Other Sections in Today's HCBD-Who'sIT! Daily:
 
HIP Care Management and Well-Being Announcements
Solutions News and Announcements
HIP HR-Jobs-Promotions

HIP Care Management and Well-Being Announcements    back to index
AxisPoint Health Partners with mPulse Mobile to Offer Interactive Digital Health Tool
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CVS Health Expands Clinical Affiliation with Cleveland Clinic to Increase Access to Patient-Centered Care and Improve Coordinated Health Care Delivery
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MCG Certifies MedVision QuickCAP 7.0
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The Joint Commission: Clinical Decision Support and Other Interventions Decrease Blood Transfusions, Save $1 Million Annually at Urban Hospital
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Solutions News and Announcements    back to index
InComm Launches OTC Network Mobile App
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PatientPing and Connecticut Hospital Association Announce Progress of Innovative Statewide Health Data-Sharing Initiative
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DarioHealth Partners with Byram Healthcare to Further Expand Insurance Health Coverage for U.S. Consumers
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HIP HR-Jobs-Promotions    back to index
Beacon Health Options Appoints Richard Lynch as Northeast Region Market President
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Vivek Kundra Promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Outcome Health
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