Anna Pilskaya Dunn joins the ACAP Coffee Break to discuss her professional journey, her inspiration for working for a plan which serves children with special needs, and her approach to leadership. 

John Wendling, CEO of Parkland Community Health Plan, joins the Coffee Break from the a session at the ACAP Leadership Academy. He discusses his background and journey to plan leadership, the challenges of managing remote employees, and what to look for in future leaders, especially when it comes to succession planning.  

Eugene Sayan of ACAP Strategic Ally Softheon joins Meg on the ACAP Coffee Break for a wide-ranging conversation on his journey through health care, the benefits of working specifically with Safety Net Health Plans, especially with respect to how being an immigrant can be an asset when it comes to entrepreneurship, how data can predict how many - and which - of a health plan's members will not renew their membership, and the benefits of meditation. 
 
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Emma Devito joins Meg on the ACAP Coffee Break to discuss her own journey in health care, and building from scratch a health plan that today serves more than 20,000 members, who speak 55 languages in aggregate.
 
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John Baackes joins Meg on the ACAP Coffee Break to discuss his journey from a freelance graphic design business to leading a health plan. He talks about the challenges in addressing the social determinants of health, especially the challenges of meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness -- and how Buckminster Fuller helped teach him how to solve health care problems. 

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Health Plan of San Mateo CEO Maya Altman joins Meg on the ACAP Coffee Break to discuss her journey to health care, addressing the social determinants of health. and succession planning. Find all book recommendations here: https://bit.ly/3dWnSRs

Children's Community Health Plan COO and Chair of ACAP's Quality and Operations Committee Mark Rakowski joins the Coffee Break about  why he chose Safety Net Health Plans, how his plan is preparing to rollout COVID-19 vaccines for children, and the importance of addressing social determinants of health. Find Mark's book recommendations and others here: https://www.goodreads.com/user_shelves/399314854

UPMC for You President and former Chair of ACAP's Board of Directors John Lovelace joins the podcast to share his journey to Safety Net Health Plans, UPMC's efforts to address the social determinants of health,  and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.  Find our Goodreads bookshelf here: https://bit.ly/3A4R2Hz

Michael Schrader, CEO of Health Plan of San Joaquin and a longtime member of ACAP, joins Meg to talk COVID-19 vaccine outreach and how he got his start with Safety Net Health Plans after beginning his career in aerospace engineering. 

Amida Care CEO Doug Wirth joins Meg on the ACAP Coffee Break to talk about his journey to health plan leadership, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and Amida Care's fights against the AIDS epidemic and, more recently, against the NY State drug carve out.  Find Doug's book recommendations here: https://bit.ly/3BlW6Zd