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The 2021 Star Ratings Power Hour: Bottom-Line Impact and Strategies was recorded on June 30, 2021.

In this episode, Julie Barnes, JD, Founder and Principal of Maverick Health Policy, and Kimberly Swanson, Vice President of Quality and Clinical Integration at Network Health Plan share valuable insights on the new measures and weighting, and ideas for optimizing your technology tools while implementing best practices to improve your member experience.  

In this episode, Julie Barnes, JD, Founder and Principal of Maverick Health Policy, shares valuable insight into the prior authorization rule affecting utilization management and what health plans and healthcare providers should be considering as policies evolve. 

In this episode, we bring together healthcare leaders with vast experience in caring for and engaging underserved and vulnerable populations. 

Our experts include Dr. Jan Berger, founder and CEO of Health Intelligence Partners, Jesse Thomas, CEO of Healthy Blue, and Dr. Terri Steinberg, Medecision’s group senior vice president of analytics and population health and chief medical officer. 

Facilitated by Chris Mahai, president of Aveus, this episode discusses both the challenges and opportunities of restoring trust and engaging with underserved populations.

In this episode, we bring together some of the most thoughtful and visionary healthcare policy experts for an engaging executive-level discussion about post-election policy implications for the healthcare industry.  

Our expert guests include Colin Roskey, Principal and Partner at Lincoln Policy Group, and Krista Drobac, the founder of Sirona Strategies.  Facilitated by Julie Barnes, founder and Principal of Maverick Health, this episode helps connect the dots in our changing political landscape.

In this episode, we speak with health economist, advisor, trend weaver, and author, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. Jane shares the major trends she’s seeing as COVID reshapes health consumer behavior, including virtual health adoption, digital transformation in all aspects of our lives, and keeping “health at home.” She also analyzes some of the toxic side effects of the pandemic, such as rises in loneliness, depression, and food insecurity.
Designed to leave you thinking about how you can leverage the opportunity to help bring health where it needs to go, Jane has graciously offered to answer any questions our listeners may have. You may contact her by visiting her website, or find her on Twitter @healthpopuli.

In this episode, we invite Lynne Dunbrack, Group Vice President at IDC Health Insights, and ChristianaCare CareVio leaders Nicole Masci and Barb Gillis to share their expert insight into virtual care in the “new normal” and best practices for creating and optimizing a patient or member virtual engagement program.

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