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April 15, 2025 60 mins

As CMS regulations shift, how can you continue to impact complex members? Join us as we explore innovative approaches to member engagement that drive better health outcomes and reduce costs. In this episode, we will hear how plans are leveraging social support, in-home care, and tailored services to reach vulnerable members. Don’t miss this timely conversation: hear how you can be reaching the unreachable and personalizing Medicare engagement in a shifting CMS landscape.

 

Panelists: 

Sheila Yahyazadeh, Chief External Operations Officer, CareFirst Community Health Plan Maryland

Eve Gelb, Chief Innovation Officer, Gold Coast Health Plan

Andrew Parker, Founder & CEO, Papa

 

This episode is sponsored by Papa:

Papa is your trusted partner in the home. Since 2017, its vetted Papa Pals has completed millions of companion care visits across 7,300 cities — 10x that of Lyft. Papa Pals come from the same communities as the members they serve, build trust in person, and provide tailored support proven to reduce hospitalizations and emergency department visits, increase preventive care trends, and lower costs. But that’s not all Papa Pals do... As an extension of your care team in the home, Papa Pals can now conduct in-home assessments, educate and help members learn new skills, like digital health literacy, and so much more.

 

Visit papa.com to learn more.




Bright Spots in Healthcare is produced by Bright Spots Ventures

 

Bright Spots Ventures brings healthcare leaders together to share working solutions or "bright spots" to common challenges. We build valuable and meaningful relationships through our Bright Spots in Healthcare podcast, webinar series, leadership councils, customized peer events, and sales and go-to-market consulting. We believe that finding a bright spot and cloning it is the most effective strategy to improve healthcare in our lifetime.

 

Visit our website at www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com

 

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