Leadership

Organizations working toward payer-provider alignment do not necessarily have to lead with the financial angle, Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health’s COO, Matt Hocks, said. Mr. Hocks recently assumed responsibility for Sanford and Security Health Plans. In a recent interview with…

Health plan leaders say sustainable growth in today’s market will not come from adding lives alone — it will come from fundamentally rethinking how value is created. Across the industry, executives point to deeper provider alignment, scaled value-based care, smarter…

Across healthcare, executives point to critical choices around technology investment, benefit design, care models and financial sustainability as key drivers of long-term success.  Many health plan leaders told Becker’s success will depend on moving from incremental improvements to more intentional,…

Data Integration Key to Achieving Needed Breakthroughs When peers from other industries ask why data hasn’t driven comparable breakthroughs in healthcare, the answer is usually hiding in plain sight: clinical and administrative data still live in different systems and “speak”…

There’s “a hunger for a different kind of dialogue” when it comes to relations between payers and providers, according to Aetna President Steve Nelson. Mr. Nelson laid out a vision for Aetna that centers on rebuilding trust in the industry,…

Paul Markovich, president and CEO of Ascendiun, the parent company of Blue Shield of California, is not one to sugarcoat the state of the healthcare system. “I don’t see how you can look at it and say there isn’t a…

For too long, the healthcare system has been reactive, focused on treating illness after it occurs rather than anticipating and preventing it. At the same time, consumers have come to expect personalized, seamless experiences in every part of their lives,…

BCBS Vermont President and CEO Beth Roberts has worked all over New England — but her latest role marks her first foray into Vermont. She described the state’s insurance market as “interesting” in a recent interview with Becker’s, laying out…

Richard Whitmer, former president and CEO of BCBS Michigan and father of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, died Jan. 26, according to a statement from his daughter. Mr. Whitmer, who was 85 years old, according to his obituary in the Detroit…

Healthcare groups and leaders are speaking out about the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old registered nurse, by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. The shooting follows another fatal encounter between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and a…