Healthcare communications operate in a highly regulated environment where accuracy, timing and scale are critical. These programs support millions of Americans, and the information delivered directly impacts coverage, benefits, access to care and public health response. For more than four…
HHS and CMS have launched a healthcare advisory committee to help strengthen and modernize U.S. healthcare. The committee, which comprises 18 members, will advise both HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, on how to…
As value-based care continues to reshape the health insurance landscape, health plans face mounting pressure to evolve by continuing to become a true partner in care delivery. The shift demands more than operational adjustment — it requires a fundamental rethinking…
Massachusetts health plans and hospitals are collaborating on what they are referring to as a “first-of-its-kind” organization, called the Massachusetts Payer-Provider Partnership (MP3), to address healthcare affordability and access. A partnership spokesperson told Becker’s on March 24 the organization aims…
Dana Erickson, BSN, RN, president and CEO of Eagan, Minn.-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, has resigned from the board of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health as the system moves forward with its proposed acquisition of Minneapolis-based Allina Health,…
Optum Health is about four months into a leadership transition, with its new CEO Krista Nelson laying out her vision for what the care delivery giant looks like after years of rapid expansion that company leadership has acknowledged steered the…
I feel compelled to raise the alarm about the worsening state of maternal health in our country – particularly here in Florida, where I trained as a physician, raised my family, and built my career. This issue is deeply personal for…
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,…