Thought Leadership

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A Policy Framework for Moving the Needle on Health Equity

Karen Ignagni, CEO, EmblemHealth; Abdou Bah, SVP, medical management and chief health equity officer, EmblemHealth; and Andrea Jacobson, director, public policy, EmblemHealth

Recommendations on key ways to improve health equity by supporting primary care.

Opportunities To Advance Health Equity and Support Primary Care

Dr. Navarra Rodriguez, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and President of AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY) provides policy recommendations to improve health equity by supporting primary care.

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Understanding Value-Based Care and Its Importance to Stakeholders in the Health Care System

The Experience of a Community-Based, Non-Profit Health Plan

A health care state of mind

Meet Our Super Seven: EmblemHealth's Hometown Heroes

For the past year, and every day, our more than 4,500 employees across EmblemHealth’s family of companies have worked diligently to support our members, patients and fellow colleagues. Read our seven heroes’ stories below.

New Opportunities for Health Care Policy

By Karen Ignagni, President & CEO

The last eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic have tested us as a country, but the coming year presents a seismic opportunity to reset.

Walking the Walk with Chief Marketing Officer, Beth Leonard

How my golden retriever, Londi, became a certified therapy dog with the Good Dog Foundation.

Expanding Population Health, One Borough at a Time

By Karen Ignagni, President and CEO, EmblemHealth & Navarra Rodriguez, MD, President and Chief Medical Officer, AdvantageCare Physicians

EmblemHealth and AdvantageCare Physicians’ new state-of-the-art health hub in Brooklyn offers primary and specialty care, with free wellness programs and other social support services for neighborhood residents.

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Karen Ignagni: Decoding the Health Care Debate

By EmblemHealth

As all of us at EmblemHealth listen to candidates debate health care, we do it from the perspective of our work bringing working families, employers, and beneficiaries of public programs access to affordable health care every day. This mission is crucial for the many members we serve throughout the tristate area. Over the next 15...

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Investing in City Workers’ Wellness

By George Babitsch, Senior Vice President, Account Management, EmblemHealth

For millions of employees and workers who serve our communities, neighborhoods and city on a daily basis, wellness and health benefits have never been more important.

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Investing in City Workers’ Wellness: EmblemHealth’s New HMO Preferred Plan

For millions of employees and workers who serve our communities, neighborhoods and city on a daily basis, wellness and health benefits have never been more important. Today, wellness programs are a core element of EmblemHealth’s approach to building healthier communities. Wellness programs empower employees to take control over their physical and mental health, improving their...

What it Means to Be a Nonprofit Health Plan: A CFO’s Perspective

What I’ve learned in my seven months at EmblemHealth is that we take our nonprofit status seriously, in part because it underscores a tradition more than 80 years in the making: an unapologetically patient-centered approach to health care delivery. Before I joined EmblemHealth as Chief Financial Officer, I had never worked for a nonprofit. I’ve...

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Karen Ignagni: Health Care for All of Us

By Karen Ignagni, President and CEO

This fall, as New Yorkers ride the subway to work, tune in to their favorite news program, stop by their local bodega, or log on to Facebook, they will see EmblemHealth’s messaging around our values and belief that all New Yorkers deserve health coverage, and how we are helping to make that happen.

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