Host Robert Traynham sits down with Matt Salo, founder & CEO of Salo Health Strategies, for a candid conversation on how collaboration among Medicaid, AHIP, and health insurance providers is improving health care outcomes and access — and ensuring that the program is effective, affordable, and accountable ..read more

What will it take to make health care more integrated, accessible, and patient centric? It starts with collaboration, innovation, and technology, says AHIP President and CEO Mike Tuffin and Pat Geraghty, chair of the AHIP Board of Directors and president and CEO of GuideWell and Florida Blue.   Tuffin and Geraghty sat down with us to talk candidly about their responsibility to deliver the best, most convenient, and most affordable care and coverage to the people they serve. They also opined on what keeps them up at night — and shared a rare peek from the C-suite on the amazing thing ..read more

How do we think about the mind in relationship to the body, our environment, and those around us? And how can we make sure the people who need support — particularly when it's focused on mental health — are able to get the care they need?   Eva Borden is the president of behavioral health for Evernorth, the health services business for Cigna Corporation. We sat down with Borden for an illuminating discussion on how to break down silos, de-stigmatize conversations around mental health needs and solutions, and how major companies are making a difference in access and affordability.&nb ..read more

There have never been so many pathways to getting quality health care — but barriers still exist. Disparities are real for many people, including those in racial and ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic communities, and underserved rural populations.   Pooja Mittal, DO, chief health equity officer for Health Net, joined Conversations in Care host Robert Traynham for a conversation about health equity and Health Net’s work, including a first-of-its-kind health improvement project in Los Angeles County, California, that provides doulas for Black women through a community-b ..read more

There are 600,000 people experiencing homelessness in the United States, including 200,000 people in California and 70,000 in Los Angeles County. And yet homeless health care is a one-person-at-a-time operation that requires care to be deployed on the streets where these patients live.   Dr. Michael Hochman, CEO of Healthcare in Action, joined us to talk about providing medical care, mental health and addiction treatment, and case management to unhoused populations in California while working to get them into stable housing.   Watch to learn how partnerships between healt ..read more

The American public is calling out for a conversation around health care. But will policymakers and members of Congress pick up the call? And if not now, when? Adam Abrams is a partner and Annalyse Keller is a managing director at Seven Letter, a strategic communications firm in Washington, D.C. We break down the agenda on Capitol Hill between now and end of year and when health care policy might come to the forefront of the national discussion. Listen in for what to expect in health policy and legislation for the end of 2023 and beyond ..read more

When it comes to health care, an engaged, educated, and empowered consumer is a better patient. But how can the average consumer know where to go for real health information? And how can they determine what is fact versus what is rumor? Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA, former chief medical officer at Salesforce, joined Conversations in Care host Robert Traynham for a conversation about how the health care industry can better educate the consumer, provide easier access to information, and build trust that will counteract all the misinformation. Watch to learn more on why Dr. G believes misinformat ..read more

How do we make sure no one has to suffer in silence? That mental well-being is considered just as important as physical health — and to drive down self-harm attempts?    We talk about it. We prioritize it. And we change the whole ecosystem of care to prevent, identify, and treat long before someone is in crisis. AHIP’s very own Robert Traynham was joined by Cara McNulty, DPA, president, behavioral health & mental well-being, CVS Health, for a new episode of Conversations in Care. This conversation, debuting on World Mental Health Day, showcases how CVS Health and Aetna drove down ..read more

What does it mean to lead from the heart — to look beyond the percentages to see the people most vulnerable in our communities in need of care? AHIP’s very own Robert Traynham was joined by Eric C. Hunter, president & CEO of CareOregon, and Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA, CEO, SCAN Health Plan and SCAN Group, for a thought-provoking and honest conversation about serving people who are economically disenfranchised, homeless, or otherwise vulnerable and disadvantaged as they struggle accessing care and treatment ..read more

AHIP President and CEO Matt Eyles and co-host Laura Evans sat down with Mom’s Meals’ Catherine Macpherson to discuss how to address food insecurity, as well as the value of food as medicine ..read more