Category: Making Healthcare Work For You

Billion-Dollar Healthcare Cost Savings Through Innovation & Collaboration: Interview W/ Christin Deacon, Assistant Director Of Division of Pension & Benefits, State of NJ

Billion-Dollar Healthcare Cost Savings Through Innovation & Collaboration: Interview W/ Christin Deacon, Assistant Director Of Division of Pension & Benefits, State of NJ

Posted by | Aug 26, 2021 | , , , ,

Credited with a *1.6 Billion-dollar savings* over a 3-year period, Christin Deacon, Assistant Director of the Division of Pension and Benefits for the State of New Jersey, certainly knows a thing or two about how to make an impact on medical pricing!

Even more impressive is that the plans she handles cover more than 820,000 people on plans classified as Cadillac++.

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Medical Pricing Reform Born from Innovation & Collaboration – Preview of Interview with Christin Deacon

Medical Pricing Reform Born from Innovation & Collaboration – Preview of Interview with Christin Deacon

Posted by | Aug 24, 2021 | , , , ,

Christin Deacon, Assistant Director of the Division of Pension and Benefits for the State of New Jersey is on a crusade to overhaul medical pricing.

In her role, she has been able to use unique strategies, like reverse-auctions, to generate a billion-dollar savings for her organization.

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Human Connection First – Moving People Through Loneliness – Interview with Pyx Health CEO, Cindy Jordan

Human Connection First – Moving People Through Loneliness – Interview with Pyx Health CEO, Cindy Jordan

Posted by | Jul 29, 2021 | , , , , ,

Pyx Health Founder and CEO, Cindy Jordan, is on a personal mission to help move people move through loneliness.
Loneliness, left untreated, can have devastating effects. From home to work and everywhere in between, loneliness is a condition that we must work to improve.

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Expecting Innovation and Starting with Deconstruction: Interview with Dr. Mark Scheurer, Chief of Children’s and Women’s Services at the Medical University of South Carolina

Expecting Innovation and Starting with Deconstruction: Interview with Dr. Mark Scheurer, Chief of Children’s and Women’s Services at the Medical University of South Carolina

Posted by | Jul 21, 2021 | , , , , ,

Dr. Mark Scheurer, Chief of Children’s and Women’s at the Medical University of South Carolina, shares an inside look at the innovation and patient-centered approach at the new Children’s Hospital.

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