Friday, July 13, 2018
 
Your Health Insurance Plan Company News Quick Read-
Who's making news today?  Here is HCBD-Who'sIT!
 
 
Executive Index
by Company
Mr. Tom Testa
Anderson Interactive Marcom
Vice President
Ken Duckworth MD
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
Medical Director for Behavioral Health
Bruce D. Nash MD, MBA
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
Chief Medical Officer
Amy McHugh
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
Director of Media Relations
Ms. Jill Houghton
Disability:IN
President and CEO
Donna J. Zimmerman RN, MPH
HealthPartners, Inc.
Senior Vice President - Government & Community Relations
Dr. Bret Haake
HealthPartners, Regions Hospital
Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Eileen Cianciolo
Icario
Former Chief Product Officer
Mr. Tom Wicka
Icario
Executive Chairman
Ms. Lia Kleppe
incentaHEALTH, LLC
Kaiser Permanente Weigh and Win Program Manager
Claire Neely M.D.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)
Chief Executive Officer
Jandel T. Allen-Davis MD
Kaiser Permanente of Colorado
Former Vice President of Government and External Relations
Ms. Marylou Sudders
Massachusetts Government Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)
Former Secretary of HHS
Ms. Lydia Greene
Point32Health | Tufts Health Plan
Vice President of Human Resources and Diversity
Eric Hargan
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | HHS
Former Deputy Secretary
Mr. Douglas O'Brien
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | HHS
Former Regional Director
Tom von Sternberg M.D.
virtuwell by HealthPartners
Medical Director
 
Company News Headlines
     
HIP News and Announcements      
BCBSMA: Massachusetts leads nation in reducing opioid prescriptions
"Our Prescription Pain Medication Safety Program has had a substantial impact on opioid prescribing habits in the Commonwealth, helping to reduce the risk of misuse of these powerful narcotics," said Dr. Bruce D. Nash MD, MBA , chief physician executive at BCBSMA

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HHS officials meet with HealthPartners; discussion includes reducing use of opioids, health care costs
“We know that this approach is the more effective than opioids in treating chronic pain than. Now we need new payment models to support innovative approaches like this,” said Dr. Bret Haake , Chief Medical Officer, HealthPartners, Regions Hospital

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Kaiser Permanente Weigh and Win Reaches 100,000 Enrollments
“When we launched this program in 2011, we wanted to create an easy and approachable way for the Colorado community to interact with their health goals. We had no idea it would reach this many people in more than 125 locations across the state. We’re proud of this program and all the Coloradans who signed up and took control of their health," said Dr. Jandel T. Allen-Davis MD , vice president of government, external relations and research, Kaiser Permanente

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Tufts Health Plan Rated 100 Percent on Annual Disability Equality Index and Named a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion"
“At Point32Health , diversity and inclusion are core elements of our mission, values, and corporate strategy; by making it a part of the everyday employee experience and nurturing our employee-led programs, we see tremendous results, such as this terrific honor. We thank AAPD and Disability:IN for this recognition and for bringing the importance of inclusion of people with disabilities to a national stage," said Ms. Lydia Greene

, Tufts Health Plan’s chief human resource officer

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NAVIGATION - Other Sections in Today's HCBD-Who'sIT! Daily:
 
HIP HR-Jobs-Promotions
HIP Wonk Watch

HIP HR-Jobs-Promotions    back to index
Healthcare Veteran Eileen Cianciolo Joins NovuHealth as Chief Product Officer
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HIP Wonk Watch    back to index
WEDI Releases New Dental Claims White Paper
“With today’s focus on conducting claims and other administrative transactions electronically, it is important to have the ability to map the data from the ADA Dental Claim Form to the ASC X12N 005010X224A2 Health Care Claim: Dental (837D) electronic transaction.” As a result, the WEDI Dental Subworkgroup has created an instructional guide to assist users in populating the current HIPAA adopted version of the electronic dental claim transaction with the data from the ADA Dental Claim Form.
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