Melissa Atlas
Value-based Program Lead, Medicaid Value-based Solutions, Humana
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Melissa Atlas
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 :).
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Diana Baer
Chief of Staff, Staff VP Strategy & Planning for Commercial and Specialty Business, Elevance Health
Diana Baer
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
Brian Goldstein
Chief Medical Officer, United Healthcare
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Simone Grapini-Goodman
Chief Marketing & Digital Officer, American Diabetes Association
Simone Grapini-Goodman
Title: Chief Marketing & Digital Officer
Company: American Diabetes Association
Career Switcher: No
Hometown: West Bromwich, UK
Verticals: Digital Health, Technology & Health Innovation; Payers.
Education: Simone has her MBA from University of Maryland and an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. She also studied in France and Ireland, and has completed professional development courses at Yale, Duke and Wharton.
Prior Experience: With 20+ years leading marketing across multiple health care ecosystems, Simone inspires teams, helps organizations get more value out of their investments, go deeper into digital, improve their voice and vision and deliver business impact.
Ask Me About: Marketing in healthcare, life/work balance.
Fun Fact: I love to help people, and enjoy family time.
Stephen Harris
President, Government Markets, Healthcare Service Corporation
Stephen Harris
Title: President, Government Markets
Company: Healthcare Service Corporation
Education: Master of Business Administration, General Management – UNC Chapel Hill; BA, Accounting – Michigan State University
Vertical: Payers, Healthcare Consulting
Prior Experience: Deloitte Consulting
Career Switcher: Yes
Hometown: Detroit
Current City: Chicago
Fun fact: I am a big Star Wars and NBA basketball fan.
Ask me about: My career journey and how I landed in Medicaid managed care.
Stephen Harris currently serves as HCSC’s President of Government Markets, leading the financial performance, long-term growth and execution of Medicaid and Medicare lines of business including sales, regulatory oversight, market performance, product, risk adjustment and STARs.
Stephen, a seasoned health care executive with a deep background in government programs, has more than 20 years of experience in business operations and performance improvement in the health care industry. Stephen most recently served as Plan President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, where he successfully delivered growth, operational excellence, and solid financial performance. With a deep background in government programs, he added responsibility for the Medicaid line of business across HCSC’s five-state region in March 2024. Stephen joined HCSC in 2018 as Divisional Senior Vice President, Government and Consumer Solutions and additionally served as HCSC’s Medicaid President.
Stephen is a certified public accountant and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and a BA in Accounting from Michigan State University.
Amelia Moore
Lead Medicaid Provider Services & Execution, Humana
Amelia Moore
Title: Lead Medicaid Provider Services & Execution
Company: Humana
Education: Master of Business Administration & BA in Global Students, Spanish – UNC Chapel Hill