Ann Joo Kim, a seasoned healthcare executive and former Haven Program Director, has joined Flume to improve health plan administration and promote systemic healthcare transformation. She’ll be in charge of growing operations to help self-insured companies embrace Flume faster. Kim will concentrate on simplifying operations and developing support services for the company’s small and midsize self-insured business customers.
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Is brand management a high priority for Kaiser Permanente?
Experienced retail hand Jenny J. Ming has been nominated to the Board of Directors of Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated, nonprofit healthcare organization. Ming was most recently president and CEO of Charlotte Russe. She brings to the table a wide expertise in retail leadership, customer experience, and brand management.
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A group of payers and providers of healthcare openly expressed their support for a congressional subcommittee to push the Social Determinants Accelerator Act forward. The letter of support, which was written by Aligning for Health, a healthcare membership group contains signatures from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Humana, Centene, and other payers. The bill would establish a council on socioeconomic determinants of health, offer funds to enhance evidence-based health care, and encourage cross-sector information sharing.
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