GuideWell

GuideWell Announces Appointment of Thurman Justice as Triple-S Chief Executive Officer

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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Justice joined GuideWell in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer.

Key Points: 
  • Justice joined GuideWell in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer.
  • "Thurman Justice is a highly respected, values-based, mission-driven leader and possesses all the qualities required to position Triple-S for strong future success," said GuideWell President and CEO, Pat Geraghty.
  • A health care and insurance industry veteran, Justice held senior executive roles at multiple companies prior to joining GuideWell, including Chief Financial Officer of Beacon Health Options, a behavioral health management company serving 40 million people in 50 states and Chief Financial Officer of Senior Whole Health, a health care plan serving both Medicare and Medicaid-eligible individuals.
  • I'm proud to call the island home and have experienced first-hand the deep challenges that exist within its health care system," said Justice.

LiveCare Adds Texas and Ohio to Its State Expansion Initiative

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Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Venice, FL, USA, Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiveCare, Inc. (OTC:LVCE), a prominent player in the telehealth industry, is delighted to announce the expansion of its services into Texas and Ohio, a key development in its state expansion initiative.

Key Points: 
  • Venice, FL, USA, Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiveCare, Inc. (OTC:LVCE), a prominent player in the telehealth industry, is delighted to announce the expansion of its services into Texas and Ohio, a key development in its state expansion initiative.
  • Beginning in early September 2023, LiveCare has actively pursued extending its services beyond its Florida headquarters.
  • The addition of Texas and Ohio, where nearly 4 million individuals are affected by diabetes, complements the existing Florida base of 2.1 million, effectively tripling LiveCare's potential patient pool.
  • Max Rockwell, CEO of LiveCare, expressed his enthusiasm, stating, "The expansion into Texas and Ohio, in collaboration with Bikham Healthcare, is a major milestone for our team.

Florida Blue Foundation announces $3.1 million in grants to 10 organizations to enhance mental health support

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate for the state's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, announced a $3.1 million investment to enhance mental health for children, teens, families and older adults.

Key Points: 
  • Geraghty made the announcement in Tampa just before hosting a community conversation on youth mental health with area nonprofit organizations, mental health experts and teens.
  • Over the past four years, Florida Blue Foundation has awarded 51 grants totaling $16.5 million to nonprofit organizations addressing mental health needs in Florida.
  • The 10 organizations receiving grants include:
    AMIkids, Inc. (Tampa Bay) - The Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) initiative provides preventative youth mental health education throughout Florida.
  • Together with the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health , the Florida Center will advance mental well-being for Florida's young children and their families by helping mental health clinicians earn the credential: Endorsement for Culturally Relevant, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health®.

Brightside Health to Expand Telemental Health Access With Medicaid & Medicare Partnerships

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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Underscoring its commitment to serve vulnerable populations, Brightside Health will begin offering high-quality mental health care to Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries.

Key Points: 
  • Underscoring its commitment to serve vulnerable populations, Brightside Health will begin offering high-quality mental health care to Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries.
  • This expansion is significant as few telemental health providers accept Medicare and even fewer accept Medicaid, leading to major access and quality issues in mental health services for these populations.
  • “The ongoing mental health crisis places an increasing and disproportionate burden on Medicaid and Medicare recipients, making it extremely hard for participants in these programs to access timely and effective mental health care,” said Brad Kittredge, co-founder and CEO of Brightside Health.
  • Brightside Health has conducted extensive research demonstrating the benefits of telehealth for both Medicaid and Medicare populations.

AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of Triple-S Salud, Inc. and Triple-S Advantage, Inc.

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Key Points: 
  • The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
  • Concurrently, AM Best has withdrawn these ratings as the company has requested to no longer participate in AM Best’s interactive rating process.
  • For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best's Credit Ratings .
  • For information on the proper use of Best’s Credit Ratings, Best’s Performance Assessments, Best’s Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view Guide to Proper Use of Best’s Ratings & Assessments .

Florida Blue Foundation invests $14.5 million over four years to improve food security and health outcomes

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate for the state's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, announced it is awarding $3.3 million in grants to nine community-based programs across the state to improve access to healthy food in food deserts and other rural communities where Floridians have limited access to affordable, healthy food options.

Key Points: 
  • The latest funding brings the total investment in food security programs from Florida Blue Foundation to more than $14.5 million over the last four years.
  • "We know that hunger and malnutrition can have detrimental impacts on people's health and well-being," said GuideWell and Florida Blue President and CEO Pat Geraghty.
  • The nine nonprofit organizations receiving the funding from the Florida Blue Foundation will use the grants for community-based food security initiatives that not only provide access to nutritional food but address obstacles to food security in their communities.
  • Since 2020, Florida Blue Foundation's food security grantees have provided over 181 million meals to Floridians experiencing food insecurity.

GuideWell Announces Appointment of Jeffrey Goddard as Chief Financial Officer

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GuideWell, a mutual insurance holding company serving more than 38 million people, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Goddard (Jeff) as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective Oct. 2, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GuideWell, a mutual insurance holding company serving more than 38 million people, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Goddard (Jeff) as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective Oct. 2, 2023.
  • Goddard succeeds Thurman Justice who assumed leadership of the managed care business at GuideWell subsidiary Triple-S Management earlier this year as President Triple-S Salud and Triple-S Advantage.
  • "I am pleased to welcome Jeff Goddard to the GuideWell team," said GuideWell President and CEO Pat Geraghty.
  • Throughout his career, Goddard held various executive leadership roles, including interim CFO at Aetna, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Meritain Health a self-funded insurer under the Aetna umbrella.

CORRECTION: Aledade Saved Medicare More Than $572 Million In 2022

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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In addition to being the largest network of independent primary care in the country, Aledade also had the most successful accountable care organizations (ACO) in the country.

Key Points: 
  • In addition to being the largest network of independent primary care in the country, Aledade also had the most successful accountable care organizations (ACO) in the country.
  • Practices in Aledade ACOs earned $294 per Medicare beneficiary - roughly double the average hospital-led ACO savings of $140 per Medicare beneficiary across the MSSP program.
  • That means the average-sized primary care practice working with Aledade earned $218,219 in shared savings payments for providing more proactive, preventive primary care in 2022.
  • Mississippi practices working with Aledade led the nation in providing Annual Wellness Visits to their patients and earned shared savings payments of more than $13 million.

Aledade Saved Medicare More Than $572 Million In 2022

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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In addition to being the largest network of independent primary care in the country, Aledade also had the most successful accountable care organizations (ACO) in the country.

Key Points: 
  • In addition to being the largest network of independent primary care in the country, Aledade also had the most successful accountable care organizations (ACO) in the country.
  • Practices in Aledade ACOs earned $294 per Medicare beneficiary - roughly double the average hospital-led ACO savings of $140 per Medicare beneficiary across the MSSP.
  • That means the average-sized primary care practice working with Aledade earned $218,219 in shared savings payments for providing more proactive, preventive primary care in 2022.
  • Mississippi practices working with Aledade led the nation in providing Annual Wellness Visits to their patients and earned shared savings payments of more than $26 million.

Oliver Wyman Gathers Senior Healthcare Executives for Annual Health Innovation Summit

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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Adoption of generative AI and the emergence of new weight-loss drugs are two of the breakthrough trends that leaders from across healthcare will examine during this year’s Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit.

Key Points: 
  • Adoption of generative AI and the emergence of new weight-loss drugs are two of the breakthrough trends that leaders from across healthcare will examine during this year’s Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit.
  • “It’s an exciting time in healthcare and in healthcare innovation,” said Sam Glick, partner and global leader of Oliver Wyman’s Health and Life Sciences practice.
  • Individuals not attending the event can access real-time insights and perspectives through Oliver Wyman’s social media channels, including Twitter via @OliverWyman , @ OWHealthEditor and LinkedIn via Oliver Wyman and Oliver Wyman Health .
  • For more information on this year’s event or to speak with Oliver Wyman about the Summit, please contact Francine Minadeo at [email protected] .