Highmark Health president and CEO David Holmberg named chair of AHIP board

AHIP’s Board of Directors has elected HighMark Wellbeing President and CEO David Holmberg its new board chair, effective January 1, 2022. Holmberg will acquire the helm from Bruce Broussard, president and CEO of Humana, who is serving as AHIP Board Chair by way of the finish of the calendar year.

At the helm of Highmark, Holmberg qualified prospects a $21 billion wellbeing insurance policies provider and regional clinic and doctor network. 

AHIP credited Holmberg with using that part to boost affordability, obtain and value, which include enhancing patient experience, introducing innovation that increases the two the patient and purchaser experience, and collaborating across the industry to align incentives.

Holmberg joined Highmark in 2007 and served in a sequence of govt positions, which include president of its Diversified Companies, where by he was responsible for corporations representing extra than $3.five billion in earnings. He was also CEO of HVHC Inc. and CEO and chairman for HM Insurance coverage Team, United Concordia Dental and San Antonio, Texas-based mostly Visionworks, which was divested in 2016 for $1.6 billion.

The AHIP Board is also welcoming two new members, Point32Health President and CEO Cain Hayes, and CareOregon President and CEO Eric Hunter.

THE Greater Craze

Highmark Wellbeing has announced the launch of Lumevity in July, a wholly owned subsidiary that provides consulting companies to other corporations to help them achieve big-scale transformation. Lumevity is a mixture of digital methods, these as the automation of repetitive tasks and human resource engagement procedures that aim to engage workers towards a community mentality all-around transformation and the adoption of organizational efficiency.

Delivering opening remarks all through the AHIP 2021 Nationwide Convention in September, AHIP President and CEO Matt Eyles referred to as for strengthening and preserving Medicare Edge as perfectly as Medicaid Managed Treatment, contacting the systems “productive, effective and well-known.”

ON THE Record

“People are crystal clear: They are hunting for collaboration across wellbeing treatment for far better ordeals, far better outcomes, and reduce charges,” said Holmberg. “AHIP is dedicated to methods that maximize value, boost fairness, and outcome in far better overall wellbeing. I am hunting forward to participating as Board Chair as we glimpse in advance to 2022.” 

“When individuals have extra command in excess of their coverage and treatment possibilities, they are far better ready to get what they need, when they need it, at a rate they can pay for,” said Matt Eyles, AHIP President and CEO. “We enormously value Bruce’s leadership by way of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic as we ongoing to deliver on our vision to guidebook greater wellbeing for People. We are extremely thrilled to have David as subsequent year’s Chair as we carry on to advocate for aggressive, personal-marketplace methods to boost wellbeing treatment for everyone that wellbeing insurance policies companies provide.”
 

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