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Manifest MedEx Joins NCQA’s Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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Manifest MedEx, California’s largest nonprofit health data network, announced today it will participate in the NCQA Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program to advance digitized quality measurement initiatives and help shape NCQA’s framework and approach to enabling the practical and flexible use of digital quality measures across the full spectrum of value-based care use cases, including quality reporting for health plans.

Key Points: 
  • Manifest MedEx, California’s largest nonprofit health data network, announced today it will participate in the NCQA Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program to advance digitized quality measurement initiatives and help shape NCQA’s framework and approach to enabling the practical and flexible use of digital quality measures across the full spectrum of value-based care use cases, including quality reporting for health plans.
  • Hosted in Manifest MedEx’s cloud environment, these digital measures take advantage of FHIR® and Clinical Quality Language (CQL), an expression language curated by HL7 that CMS, NCQA, and others have adopted for digital quality measures.
  • “Our participation as a pioneer and Early Adopter of NCQA’s Digital Content Services demonstrates our commitment to advancing digitized quality measurement initiatives to help streamline and reduce costs for HEDIS measure updates and certification and accelerate health care’s transition to a digital measurement ecosystem,” said Jason Buckner, Chief Information Officer, Manifest MedEx.
  • Manifest MedEx has participated in NCQA’s digital quality transformation programs since 2021 when it joined the first cohort of the NCQA Data Aggregator Validation program.

S&S Health Announces Two New Additions to its Board of Directors, Don Weinstein and Richard Fleder

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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S&S Health (“S&S” or the “Company”), a leading provider of administration and technology solutions for health plans for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced the appointments of Don Weinstein and Richard Fleder to its Board of Directors.

Key Points: 
  • S&S Health (“S&S” or the “Company”), a leading provider of administration and technology solutions for health plans for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced the appointments of Don Weinstein and Richard Fleder to its Board of Directors.
  • “We are pleased to welcome Don and Richard to the Company’s Board,” said Vincent Esposito, CEO of S&S.
  • “Don and Richard provide key product and technology insights and bring significant experience building value across companies in the healthcare benefits and insurance services sectors.
  • Mr. Weinstein holds an M.B.A from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, an M.S.

Canopy Health Announces New CEO

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Monday, November 13, 2023
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopy Health, a Bay Area joint venture originally founded by John Muir Health and UCSF Health, announced the planned retirement of Mike Robinson as CEO effective at the end of the year. Ken Wood, a seasoned Bay Area health care executive, will serve as Canopy Health's CEO effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopy Health, a Bay Area joint venture originally founded by John Muir Health and UCSF Health, announced the planned retirement of Mike Robinson as CEO effective at the end of the year.
  • Ken Wood, a seasoned Bay Area health care executive, will serve as Canopy Health's CEO effective immediately.
  • "The Canopy Health board of directors would like to thank Mike Robinson for his five years of service, which saw the organization grow to provide HMO coverage to more than 50,000 Bay Area residents," said Mike Thomas, chair of the Canopy Health board and the president and CEO of John Muir Health.
  • "The Canopy Health board is pleased that Ken Wood was available to step in and ably lead the organization through a planned growth phase," said Shelby Decosta, vice chair of the Canopy Health board and president of the UCSF Health Affiliates Network.

United Health Foundation Invests in Indiana Nonprofit to Expand Access to Comprehensive Health Care for Rural and Low-Income Communities

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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The United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), has awarded a $2 million, three-year grant to HealthNet Inc., a nonprofit health care provider serving Indiana, to expand access to primary and behavioral health care in Morgan and Monroe counties in Indiana, as well as high-poverty areas in Indianapolis.

Key Points: 
  • The United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), has awarded a $2 million, three-year grant to HealthNet Inc., a nonprofit health care provider serving Indiana, to expand access to primary and behavioral health care in Morgan and Monroe counties in Indiana, as well as high-poverty areas in Indianapolis.
  • The program will address health disparities by:
    Bringing primary care, preventive services and mental health screenings to underserved communities.
  • The United Health Foundation was established by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) in 1999 as a not-for-profit, private foundation dedicated to improving health and health care.
  • To date, the United Health Foundation has committed more than $590 million to programs and communities around the world.