Aneesh Chopra, President of CareJourney and former US CTO in the Obama Administration, has joined the Advisory Board of Onyx Technology, LLC, a NewWave firm. Chopra is a thought leader on the transformational potential of the approaching era of health-data interoperability, in addition to his work with the federal government. “I am very excited to join such an accomplished group of leaders disrupting the basic infrastructure of the health ecosystem. Onyx has already built important interoperability enabling technology, but as importantly, they have become champions of the broader movement to provide patient data access that will transform healthcare,” said Chopra.

Source: Business Wire

Here are five executive payer actions, ranging from Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Cigna. Debra Kaplan-Lewis has been appointed the Connecticut Medicare market leader by Cigna. Manny Lopes has been named executive vice president of public markets and government relations at Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Industry veteran Jack Stephenson will lead Molina Healthcare’s New York plan. Liz Horgan, formerly of Aetna, has joined virtual care company Summus Global as its chief marketing officer. Andrew MacGill has been named vice president of product at Flume Health.

Source: Daily Advent

MedArrive, a healthcare platform that enables payers and providers to extend medical services to patients at home, has announced a new collaboration with Bright HealthCare, a prominent tech-enabled health insurance firm. By bringing preventative care to over 10,000 additional members’ homes, the agreement furthers the organizations’ common goal of providing more equitable access to preventative care. “Our mission is to improve people’s lives by bringing greater humanity to healthcare, and we are thrilled to partner with Bright Health to extend hands-on clinical care into the homes of those who need it most,” said Dan Trigub, CEO and co-founder of MedArrive.

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