Articles from HealthPartners

Combining the strengths of two care and coverage organizations, HealthPartners and Quartz today announced a new partnership that will give businesses in Minnesota and Wisconsin more high-quality, affordable self-funded health plan options for their employees.

HealthPartners is launching a variable copay benefit plan that aims to provide unparalleled transparency of cost and coverage to members.

HealthPartners today announced that it plans to broaden its health plan options in Iowa, focusing on an array of high-quality products and network solutions for employers. The new approach comes almost 10 years after HealthPartners began supporting integrated care and plan offerings serving Iowans with award-winning customer service.

HealthPartners has taken the top spot in the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study for the Minnesota-Wisconsin region. It’s the highest-ranked health plan in overall satisfaction in the region, outperforming the average member satisfaction score by 22 points.

About 1 million people in the United States have certain genes that significantly increase their risk of breast, ovarian and colon cancers. But it’s challenging for patients to be confident they are receiving recommended cancer screenings because guidelines frequently change as the medical community learns more about how to reduce the risk these genes confer.

Megan Remark has been named chief operating officer of the HealthPartners care group, the organization announced today. Remark, who has been president of Regions Hospital and senior vice president of HealthPartners since 2015, joins co-executive medical directors Dr. Steve Connelly and Dr. Mark Sannes in leading HealthPartners hospitals and clinics systemwide.

HealthPartners today announced that Mohammad (Moe) Suleiman has been named senior vice president of commercial business for its health plan. Suleiman begins this week and will be responsible for leading health plan growth strategies across all geographic markets, including Minnesota, northeastern Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota and Iowa. He will also lead the product and market innovation, sales and account management functions, with an emphasis on leveraging HealthPartners integrated care and plan capabilities.

While rates of smoking decreased during the pandemic, overall tobacco cessation may have slowed – and that’s something HealthPartners is working to change with a new app-based tool called Pivot Breathe.

Three HealthPartners Medicare Advantage (MA) plans received an overall 4.5 out of 5-Star Rating, including 5 out of 5-Stars for customer service, from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2024. HealthPartners Journey (PPO), HealthPartners Robin (PPO) and HealthPartners UnityPoint Health (PPO) MA plans received the 4.5 Star Rating.

HealthPartners today announced that Ginger Kakacek, MD, has been named chief medical officer of its health plan. In this role, she’ll provide leadership and medical oversight of the health plan to ensure members and patients receive high-quality, evidence-based and cost-effective care and services.

HealthPartners today announced it is launching a ground-breaking hybrid preventive care experience designed to make health screenings, immunizations, and other preventive, routine care simpler and more affordable.

HealthPartners and Regions Hospital are two of only three health care organizations in Minnesota recognized among “America’s Greatest Workplaces” in 2023 by Newsweek magazine.

HealthPartners today announced it has launched a new personalized digital experience to help members and patients schedule care, estimate costs, use wellness resources and more. It’s called My Dashboard and the tailored interface curates health information to help drive superior engagement in each user’s health journey.

HealthPartners today announced that it’s offering lifestyle spending accounts (LSAs) to employers for the coming year, complementing other health benefits to help organizations create a comprehensive culture of health.

One year after piloting a new digital health service to support members undergoing cancer treatment, HealthPartners today announced that it is expanding the service to include 240,000 fully insured commercial members.

HealthPartners delivered more than 570,000 pounds of fresh produce to senior Minnesotans last year through its partnership with FarmboxRx. The health system introduced the benefit in January 2022 to its Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO) (HMO SNP) members.

HealthPartners today announced that Jennifer Danielson will serve as its new executive vice president and chief health plan officer. In this role, she will lead and guide HealthPartners health plan as it continues to innovate and grow. Danielson will also be responsible for organization-wide efforts to connect HealthPartners care and plan capabilities to make health care simpler and more affordable for employers, members, patients and the community.

Nearly 3,000 health care professionals completed clinical rotations across HealthPartners last year. That’s one of many highlights outlined in the newly released 2022 Impact Report from the HealthPartners Institute Office of Health Professional Education.

HealthPartners has named Megan Schmidt senior vice president of health solutions. In this role, Schmidt will be responsible for leading health plan growth strategies with an emphasis on strengthening partnerships with employers, key care systems and innovation partners in service to HealthPartners members. She will lead the sales and account management functions and will also have leadership responsibility for HealthPartners Robin and HealthPartners Unity Point Health plans.

At its annual meeting for members and patients, HealthPartners shared a report updating the community on progress related to its equity, inclusion and anti-racism efforts.

HealthPartners today announced that two evaluations from Validation Institute found its net pharmacy cost was roughly 20 percent lower than industry averages, and its management of pharmacy benefits met Validation Institute standards for transparency. The findings are backed by a credibility guarantee.