AHIP CEO Matt Eyles Shares Payer Perspectives on the Impact of COVID-19

From his vantage point as CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Matt Eyles has a unique perspective on myriad challenges payers, their members, and their provider networks face during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what our post-pandemic future might look like. In this episode, Carolyn Wukitch, SVP and GM of Network and Financial Management at Change Healthcare, talks with Eyles about these topics and more, including:

  • Challenges health plans face during the pandemic
  • Engaging members with underlying health issues
  • Acceleration of telehealth––today and tomorrow
  • Planning for 2021 amid immense uncertainty
  • Supporting providers on the front line
  • Helping the newly unemployed
  • Removing cost barriers to treatment
  • The impact of Medicaid member increase
  • COVID-19's impact on provider networks
  • COVID-19 testing and reopening the economy

Episode Resources

  1. Matt Eyles' bio
  2. Carolyn Wukitch's bio
  3. AHIP website
  4. AHIP COVID-19 FAQ
  5. AHIP COVID-19 Resources 
  6. AHIP 2020 Institute & Expo Online
  7. Change Healthcare Offers Free Connected Consumer Health™ Interoperability Solution for Health Plans to Meet CMS Deadline
  8. Solutions for Payers
  9. Consumer Payments & Communication Services
  10. Eligibility & Enrollment Solutions
  11. Healthcare Consulting Services
  12. Payment Accuracy Solutions
  13. Provider Network Optimization Solutions
  14. Risk Adjustment Analytics Solutions
  15. Value-Based Care Enablement Solutions
  16. Value-Based Payment Solutions
  17. COVID-19 Updates and Resources
  18. COVID-19 Updates Newsletter

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