Friday, March 17, 2017
 
Your Health Insurance Plan Company News Quick Read-
Who's making news today?  Here is HCBD-Who'sIT!
 
 
Executive Index
by Company
Dr. Meena Desai
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Board Chair
Ms. Kristine Grow
AHIP
Former Senior Vice President, Communications
Ms. Marilyn Tavenner
AHIP
Retired President and CEO
Mr. Jeremy Adler
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ)
Former PR Agency Rep
Ms. Jennifer Kaufman
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ)
Vice President of Marketing
Sachin H. Jain MD, MBA
Carelon (formerly CareMore Health Plan)
Former President
Ms. Emily Hackel
Carelon (formerly CareMore Health Plan)
Former Senior Director/Leader - Corporate Reputation
Seema Verma MPH
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Former Agency Administrator
Mr. Steve Greenberg
DecisionHealth, a Simplify Compliance brand
President
Mr. Steve Pollock
DentaQuest, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. George A. Price
DMW Direct
Vice President, Business Development
Jeff Meyers
DMW Direct
Jeff Meyers Marketing
Ms. Rachel Silva
DMW Direct
VP of Strategy & Innovation
Mr. Mark Mandia
DMW Direct
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Jay Sheehy
EmblemHealth, Inc.
Former Senior Vice President, Product Innovation
Charles (Chuck) Tuchinda MD
First DataBank (FDB)
Former President
Ms. Lori McLean
First DataBank (FDB)
Vice President - Meducation
Alexis Lignos
Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP)
Marketing Director
Erin Callahan
HCPro, a Simplify Compliance brand
Associate Editorial Director, Credentialing Division
Mr. Chris Driscoll
HealthLeaders Media
Publisher
Steven (Steve) E. Szebenyi MD, MMM
Highmark Wholecare (formerly Gateway Health)
Chief Medical Officer
Michael Madden MD
Highmark Wholecare (formerly Gateway Health)
Retired Chief Medical Officer
Ms. Patricia (Patti) Darnley
Highmark Wholecare (formerly Gateway Health)
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Mary Velan
L.C. Williams & Associates
Senior Account Executive
Diane Escandell RN, CPC
Veradigm (formerly Allscripts)
Director of Provider Engagement (Pulse8)
Mr. Scott Filiault
Veradigm (formerly Allscripts)
Chief Revenue Officer (Pulse8)
Ms. Lauren DiPaul
Veradigm (formerly Allscripts)
Former Marketing Coordinator (Pulse8)
Alan Cohen
WTW (formerly Willis Towers Watson)
Former Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder (Liazon)
 
Company News Headlines
     
HIP News and Announcements      
DentaQuest Forges New Partnership with EmblemHealth
“We deliver value-driven solutions to our clients, with a focus on enabling more care with better outcomes at lower costs. Together with EmblemHealth , we will reach millions of New Yorkers with sustainable, person-centered oral health services. We understand innovation is not an advantage, but a business imperative, and we look forward to collaborating to advance value-based health care," said Mr. Steve Pollock president and chief executive officer of Delta Dental Insurance Company

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AHIP Congratulates Seema Verma on Her Confirmation to Lead CMS
" AHIP congratulates Seema Verma MPH on her confirmation. Millions of Americans are eager for solutions that will make health care more affordable and more accessible. We look forward to working with Verma and her staff on ways we can better serve our nation’s health care needs," said Ms. Marilyn Tavenner , president and CEO of AHIP

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BCBSAZ Expands "All About Healthy Living" Patch Program to Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona
“It’s critical that we empower our youth with lifelong health and wellness habits. The All About Health Living program outlines simple and meaningful steps the girls can take today–steps to help them grow into healthier adults. We are proud of our partnership with the Girl Scouts as the program will reach more than 7,500 Girl Scouts statewide,” said Ms. Jennifer Kaufman , vice president of marketing at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

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CareMore Health System: Nurturing Professionalism at the System Level
"As President of Carelon , I believe my responsibility is to make it easy for the clinicians who work within our system to do what’s right for the patient 100 percent of the time. It’s a challenge in health care because often the incentives for what we would typically think of as ‘professionalism’ are at odds with what might be in the best financial interest of a health system or individual physician," said Dr. Sachin H. Jain MD, MBA , President of CareMore Health System

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Kaiser Permanente: Quick Action May Have Saved Young Boy’s Life
Casey Gernon was quick to take action when there was a little boy who needed immediate assistance. It was while working as an EMT — in addition to her “day” job as a physician assistant for Kaiser Permanente ’s Victorville Medical Offices in Southern California — that Gernon arrived at a non-Kaiser Permanente hospital to help care for a mom and her three small children who’d been injured in a car accident.

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Volunteers offer invaluable care to patients, families at SSM Health
As we look forward to National Volunteer Week in April, we want to pause and thank the hundreds of dedicated men and women who help our patients in innumerable ways. From helping visitors navigate hospital halls or selling delicious, fresh baked cookies to cuddling our tiniest NICU patients or comforting a patient who is dying without loved ones nearby, our volunteers touch the lives of our patients every day. We can’t imagine our hospitals without their dedicated service.

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Gateway Health Announces Retirement Of Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael Madden
" Dr. Michael Madden MD has added great value to Highmark Wholecare over the years and our business and members are better for it. He recognized that positive relationships with providers and providing the right care to our members when it might not always be what they want, but what they need is critical to our long term success and sustainability," said Ms. Patricia Darnley , President and CEO, Highmark Wholecare

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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 Wonk Watch

HIP Care Management and Well-Being Announcements    back to index
CVS Health Launches Reduced Rx Savings Program to Give Patients Access to More Affordable Medications
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The Joint Commission: Automated Harm Trigger System Enables Real-Time Identification of Patients at Risk
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AAAHC to accredit more than 70 correctional health care units nationwide
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Pulse8 now offering Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
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Solutions News and Announcements    back to index
F4CP: Professional Baseball Chiropractic Society Points to Value of Chiropractic Care for Professional Athletes
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Valytics LLC Awarded New GSA Health IT SIN -- Highlighting Proven Health IT Experience.
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FDB Acquires Polyglot Systems
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DecisionHealth, HCPro, and HealthLeaders Media merge to form the H3.Group
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HIP HR-Jobs-Promotions    back to index
DMW Direct Adds Rachel Silva as VP of Strategy & Innovation
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HIP Wonk Watch    back to index
Liazon Annual Survey Finds That Employees Become Better, More Engaged Health Care Consumers When Given the Power to Select Their Own Benefits in a Marketplace Environment
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