MHE September 2022

Watts, chief emergency management medical officer, director of global health and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Jennifer Watts, M.D., M.P.H., chief emergency management medical officer, director of global health and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, a children’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

Russell, senior vice president of government markets at Priority Health, a health plan in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Joyce Chan Russell, MBA, senior vice president of government markets at Priority Health, a health plan in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

Mechanic, director of telehealth and medical director at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Oren J Mechanic, M.D., MBA, M.P.H., director of telehealth and medical director at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

McInerney, corporate director of population health and wellness coordination at AmeriHealth Caritas, headquartered in Philadelphia, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Mairéad McInerney, M.S.W., LCSW, CCM, corporate director of population health, wellness coordination, at AmeriHealth Caritas, headquartered in Philadelphia, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

Khatua, chief physician executive at Northshore Edward-Elmhurst Health, a health system based in Evanston, Illinois, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Sanjeeb Khatua, M.D., MBA, M.P.H., chief physician executive at Northshore Edward-Elmhurst Health, a health system based in Evanston, Illinois, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

Hu, president of Connected Networks at WellSky, a care coordination network headquartered in Boston, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Lissy Hu, M.D., MBA, president of Connected Networks at WellSky, a care coordination network headquartered in Boston, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

The new 988 hotline may help more people get help and steer crisis care toward mental health interventions. But many obstacles to getting access to mental healthcare before or after a crisis remain.

Herrera, chief executive officer and co-founder of Yuvo Health, a technology-enabled administrative and managed-care solution for federally qualified health centers based in New York City, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Cesar Herrera, MBA, M.P.H., chief executive officer and co-founder of Yuvo Health, a technology-enabled administrative and managed-care solution for federally qualified health centers based in New York City, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

Gayles, chief health officer of Hazel Health, a pediatric physical and mental telehealth provider for K-12 schools, headquartered in San Francisco, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Travis Gayles, M.D., Ph.D., chief health officer of Hazel Health, a pediatric physical and mental telehealth provider for K-12 schools, headquartered in San Francisco, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

LaFeir Fry, vice president of innovation operations at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, a regional healthcare provider and health plan, is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Emily LaFeir Fry, M.H.A., vice president of innovation operations at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, a regional healthcare provider and health plan, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.

Davidson, vice president, employee health medical operations, at Memorial Hermann Health System, in Houston is one of 10 winners in this year's Emerging Industry Leaders series.

Annamaria Macaluso Davidson, M.D., MBA, vice president, employee health medical operations, at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare feature.

North Carolina pioneered patient-centered medical homes and other ways of managing the healthcare of Medicaid beneficiaries. But it was one of the last states to contract with managed care organizations and hasn’t expanded Medicaid.

The confusing, data-intensive world of getting help with medical bills has become a fertile territory for software developers.

Various groups, clinics and organizations have set up places for people without housing to recover from an injury, surgery and serious illness.

Insulin, albuterol, epinephrine, glucagon and naloxone are on the list.

Some companies are using the interchangeability designation as a marketing ploy.

Three gene therapies in late-stage development are designed to supply working copies of genes that people with hemophilia are missing. They may be one-time, curative treatments, but the seven-figure price tags will be an issue.