Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Here are nine notable announcements shared at the HLTH conference held this week in Las Vegas.
During HLTH 2024, Blue Shield of California and Salesforce announced a partnership that will streamline the prior authorization process.
Blue Shield of California members can now access the Blue Zones Challenge App, which guides users to adopt the lifestyle habits of people in blue zones— regions known for longer, healthier lives.
Blue Shield of California unveiled its new Member Health Record on Wednesday. It allows members to access their health information in one place within the insurer's app or website.
During a fireside chat hosted by MedCity News at ViVE, Blue Shield of California CEO Paul Markovich discussed the company's decision to largely move away from CVS Caremark as its PBM and partner with several other companies.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The Payer Insights Program at ViVE 2024, in partnership with MedCity News, kicks off day one at the event. This new immersive program will focus on the impact of rising healthcare costs, recent regulatory changes, and innovative payer solutions for optimizing data insights, minimizing costs, and expanding access to care.
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan is working with the GED Testing Service to help members earn a General Educational Development (GED) diploma for no cost. Members can register online and gain access to GED study materials in both English and Spanish.
Blue Shield of California is now offering Mahmee, a maternal health company, to eight employer groups. It comes after a successful pilot in which Mahmee served 80 members.
FOLX Health is now in-network with insurers, including Blue Shield of California. The company serves the LGBTQIA+ community and offers virtual primary care, one-on-one therapy, mental health medication management, hormone replacement therapy, pre-exposure prophylaxis and care navigation.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
Blue Shield of California recently switched up its pharmacy benefit model by distributing responsibilities to several different vendors. The model has the potential to increase drug costs, but it remains to be seen, according to Creagh Milford, SVP of retail health at CVS Health.
Blue Shield of California is cutting many of its ties with CVS Caremark (though not all) and adding four additional partners for its prescription drug benefits. These partners include Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company and Amazon Pharmacy. The changes are needed to disrupt the current broken system, said Salina Wong, senior director of clinical pharmacy programs at Blue Shield of California.
Peter Long of Blue Shield of California discusses how they focus on member experience and ways to improve their overall healthcare needs.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Paul Markovich believes in the value of health tech in managing both chronic diseases and in general health and wellness. In this episode, he talks about the company's Wellvolution platform and the digital tools that are offered there to members, now even to those on Medicaid.