Chief Growth Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona What innovations and/or products have you launched recently or are preparing? At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, our customers are at the center of everything we do. We understand that Arizonans need access to health and wellness services that will help them live healthier lives. Healthcare is complicated and our goal … [More]
Workplace Wellness with Kim Shepard
Arizona Market President Cigna What innovations and products have you launched recently or are preparing? It’s important for employers to build and maintain a healthy, productive workforce. As a global health service company, Cigna focuses on total health — physical and mental — and partners with employers to consult with them and design the right programs and benefits that … [More]
Workplace Wellness with Allan Allford
President and CEO Delta Dental of Arizona What innovations and products have you launched recently or are preparing? It’s been an exciting 18 months at Delta Dental of Arizona. Last year, we introduced new dental plans for individuals and families that emphasize the importance of establishing good oral health habits at an early age by waiving premiums for children less than … [More]
Workplace Wellness with Bob Meyer
President & CEO Phoenix Children’s What innovations and/or products have you launched recently or are preparing? Our focus is providing high-quality, highly specialized pediatric healthcare to children and families across Arizona. The goal is to simplify access for our patient families, to ensure they receive services no matter which part of town they live in. To that … [More]
Workplace Wellness with David F. Berg
President and Co-founder Redirect Health What innovations and products have you launched recently or are preparing? We’ve always been highly focused on helping small businesses provide affordable and meaningful access to healthcare, so we could turn this into their recruiting and retention advantage over larger competitors. Today, many of these companies and people are … [More]
Workplace Wellness with David A. Dexter
President and CEO, Sonora Quest Laboratories, LLC President and CEO for Laboratory Sciences of Arizona, LLC What innovations and/or products have you launched recently or are preparing? Sonora Quest is committed to providing innovative solutions to assist in improving health outcomes, including employers and employee wellness. One key to employee wellness is awareness. By … [More]
Workplace Wellness with Wendy Arnone
Regional CEO, Employer & Individual UnitedHealthcare What innovations and products have you launched recently or are preparing? Technology is continuing to change how all Arizonans navigate the healthcare system, with new advances putting information at our fingertips and creating a more seamless and interactive healthcare experience. This results in improved health … [More]
New Med School Augments Phoenix’s ‘MedTown’ Triangle
On what has been part of the parking lot for Park Central, the mid-town Phoenix mall on Central Avenue, Creighton University will be building a two-story, 180,000-square-foot medical school and student residences. The four-year health sciences campus is part of the adaptive reuse of the Southwest’s first enclosed shopping mall; Creighton is taking the southeast corner of the … [More]
Disrupting Traditional Rx
SpotRx, a next-gen pharmacy, may help do to the traditional pharmacy model what Netflix did to Blockbuster. With the goal to be the “everywhere, anytime” pharmacy, SpotRx is a medical “vending machine” where individuals can consult an e-doctor/pharmacist, transfer a prescription and pickup (or opt for delivery of) their medications. The company currently has a stand-alone kiosk … [More]
App Helps People with Food Allergies Eat Out
AllergySafe is a new app that takes the guesswork out of eating out by providing food allergy sufferers with a list of safe foods at their favorite restaurants. The app was created by 16-year-old Akshat Gautam, after he realized he was not alone in facing this difficulty. In the United States, food allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic illness; every three minutes, a … [More]
Camaraderie Is Part of 4C Medical Group’s Healthcare Philosophy
Arizona used to be known for its “5 C’s.” 4C Medical Group has four “C’s” — one of which is camaraderie. 4C, one of Arizona’s fastest growing physician owned medical groups, recently expanded to the West Valley with the acquisition of West Valley Internal Medicine / West Valley Urgent Care. With West Valley Care’s three locations in Glendale, Surprise and Avondale, combined … [More]
Take the Guesswork Out of Managing Health Insurance Costs
In today’s economy, providing a health plan for one’s employees is part of doing business, and finding the right plan is critical. In fact, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2018 Employer Health Benefits Survey, 56 percent of small firms and 98 percent of large ones offer health benefits to at least a portion of their workers. Many businesses are discovering a new way … [More]
Send-to-Site Medical Care
It’s a new business on an old model: The doctor makes house calls. DispatchHealth equips its medical teams with all the tools necessary to bring healthcare to a person’s home by packing up essentially 70 percent of an emergency room. CEO and co-founder Mark Prather, M.D., MBA, notes the team — referred to during the height of flu season as the “Traveling Flu Crew” — arrives … [More]
Advancing Whole-Body Donation
Science Care, the world’s largest whole-body donation program, is a Phoenix-based company founded 18 years ago to address the shortage of human tissue for research and education. “Doctors needed a safe way to train from a well-respected and documented provider of non-transplantable human tissue for research and education,” says CEO Brad O’Connell. “After an extended period of … [More]
BCBSAZ Motivating Health and Wellness
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona recently launched Get Fit. Don’t Quit, a health and wellness program as part of its mission to make Arizonans healthier. BCBSAZ teamed with fitness icon Jake “Body By Jake” Steinfeld in this effort to empower Arizonans to live a healthier lifestyle. The program is built around the idea that small steps lead to big payoffs, and shows people fun, … [More]
Businesses Gain when They Motivate Their Workforce to ‘Move It’
For decades, we’ve known that increased activity leads to an overall healthier lifestyle. In recent years this mentality has crept into our workday, too. For managers, the struggle becomes how to encourage our workforce to get up and take fitness breaks when our ultimate focus should be on productivity and meeting business objectives between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 … [More]
Crossroads Launches Franchise Program to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment
Every day, the Crossroads admissions office in Phoenix is overflowing with people who are often camping out overnight on the front lawn to get a place in line to be admitted for substance abuse. Founded in 1960 in Phoenix, Crossroads has grown to be one of the largest residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs in the United States, serving more than 2,500 … [More]
BCBSAZ Program Produces Cost Savings, Improved Health
Change Healthcare and ACO Partner™ recently announced results for the first complete plan year of its novel shared savings program with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Participating providers reported a 26.3-percent lower 30-day readmission rate and 28.1-percent lower all-cause readmission rate than their non-participant cohort. They also reported 20 percent fewer admissions … [More]
