Melissa Atlas
Value-based Program Lead, Medicaid Value-based Solutions, Humana
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Title: Value-Based Programs Lead, Medicaid Value-Based Solutions
Company: Humana
Prior Experience: Health services & policy research, strategic planning, business development, value-based payment operations
Verticals: Payers; Health Policy & Research
Education:
- Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Healthcare – UNC Kenan-Flagler 2020
- Master of Science in Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Management – UNC Gillings 2020
- BA, Economics & Sociology – Oberlin College 2013
Career Switcher: No
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Ask me about: healthcare payer, policy, and research world, (especially related to Humana!), dogs, vegan food
Fun fact: I hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro with my mom in 2014.
Biography: Melissa Atlas has been working in healthcare since right out of undergrad, with an emphasis on healthcare services and policy research. After interning at Humana during summer 2019 and graduating from UNC with her dual MBA/MSPH from Kenan-Flagler Business School and Gillings School of Global Public Health in May 2020, she has been putting those two degrees to work in the Medicaid line of business for Humana in Louisville, Kentucky.
She is currently a Senior Strategy Advancement Professional for the Corporate Medicaid Provider Network team, focusing on all things value-based payment and provider services, from both strategic and operational perspectives.
In her free time, she likes to hang out with dogs, cook, and watch trashy television (because we can’t all be thinking about the world’s healthcare issues 100% of the day :).
Diana Baer
Chief of Staff, Staff VP Strategy & Planning for Commercial and Specialty Business, Elevance Health
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Title: Vice President, Chief Product Officer
Company: Elevance Health
Education: Master of Business Administration – UNC Chapel Hill; BS, Biology – Duke University
Vertical: Payers
Fun fact: I love crossword puzzles and do one almost every night before bed.
Prior Experience: 8 years in management consulting (Accenture and PwC) working in the health payer industry supporting senior leadership across multiple operational and strategic initiatives. 2 years as founder of digital health startup, 5 years working for the Blues System (Blue Cross NC and Anthem) in the corporate strategy function.
Career Switcher: No
Hometown: Wilson, NC
Ask me about: Consulting, moving from consulting to industry, health industry, payer industry, women in business, balancing work and life
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