Becker’s Payer Issues Podcast

Driving Affordability and Simplicity in Payer Strategy with Christina Ott

The Evolving Role of Provider Data in Healthcare

Reframing GLP-1 Strategy Through Clinical Outcomes, Behavior Change, & True ROI

Harnessing AI to Deliver Breakthrough Healthcare Value, Faster

Tackling Healthcare Affordability and Chronic Disease at Blue Shield of California with Mike Stuart

Steve Yurjevich, Chief Executive Officer of Optum Insight’s Payer Market and a member of the American Heart Association Executive Leadership Team

Jeff Bak, President and Chief Executive Officer of Imagine360

How Health Plans Can Build Scalable High Performance Infrastructure to Support Growing Complexity & Enable AI

Closing the Cancer Care Gap: How Integrated Screening and Treatment Support Improve Outcomes

Pankhuri Sharma, Strategy and Operations Leader at Humana

How to Optimize Behavioral Health Benefit Expense Management with a Great Tag Team of Guests

Connected Intelligence: How AI Is Reshaping Group Health Insurance

Kevin Knight, Chief Marketing Officer at Sidecar Health

Moving Payment Integrity Upstream with Jhana Spence of CERIS

Medicaid Readiness and Building Trust Through Engagement

Inside PsychPlus: Scaling Behavioral Health Nationwide

Why Domain-Specific AI Models Are Transforming Payment Integrity in Healthcare

Driving Value and Innovation in Health Plan Operations with Gretchen Wagner

Dr. Sameer Amin on Sustaining Medicaid and Social Determinants of Health Investments

Simplifying the Digital Health Landscape for Employers with Brian Cheney

UnitedHealthcare Expands Doula Coverage to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

Strengthening Payer Provider Collaboration to Improve Care and Efficiency with Dr. Daniel Elliott

Advancing Value Based Care and the Future of Optum Health with Krista Nelson

Tackling Hypertension in Medicaid Through Community Partnerships with Dr. Kara Odom Walker

Dawn Maroney, President of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan

Data Driven Leadership in Medicare Advantage with Jennifer L. Kowalski of Elevance Health

Advancing Culturally Competent Medicare Advantage with Karen Walker Johnson of Clever Care Health Plan

Rethinking Employer Health Plans for Affordability with Jeff Bak

Payer Innovation, Venture Investment, and Managing Rising Care Costs with Emily Durfee

Strengthening Payer Provider Collaboration and Advancing Site Neutral Care with Saria Saccocio, MD, MHA,

Navigating Medicaid Redeterminations and Market Shifts with CalOptima Health Leadership with Michael Hunn & Yunkyung Kim

Navigating HR1 and Protecting Medi-Cal Coverage with Jennifer Schirmer

Smarter, Faster, Fairer? The Next Evolution of Prior Authorization

Payer Operations, Provider Partnerships and the Future of Health Plans with Sheri Johnson

Building an AI Native Health Plan for Small Employers with Ty Wang, CEO of Angle Health

Eric C. Hunter, President and CEO of CareOregon

Where Payer Strategy Meets Execution With Benefitbay CEO Brandy Thompson

Rob Andrews on Employer Led Health Care Reform and the Future of Health Plans

Melanie Fernando on Expanding Women’s Health Access at Aetna Better Health of Illinois

Advancing Value-Based Care at Humana with Alex Ding, MD

From Detection to Prevention: AI’s Role in Payment Integrity

Affordability and the Role of Regional Nonprofit Health Plans at Point32Health with Patrick Gilligan

Transforming Healthcare Affordability at Ascendiun with Paul Markovich

Improving Cancer Care Quality and Costs at Florida Blue, part of GuideWell with Thomas Graf, MD

Affordability, Access, and Operational Excellence at MetroPlusHealth with Lila Benayoun

Reimagining Consumer Experience and Technology at CVS Health with Tilak Mandadi

Dr. Damanjeet Chaubey on Bridging Strategy and Execution in Medicare Advantage

Inside UnitedHealthcare’s Latest Employer Health Insights

Brett Bingham, Chief Network Development Officer at Banner Plans

Building Strong Provider Partnerships for Value-Based Care