In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray interviews MDwise CEO, Jessica Cromer. During the conversation, Cromer shares her career journey in health care, beginning with a passion for mathematics, the value of missio...

In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray talks with Community Health Options CEO, Kevin Lewis. During the conversation, Kevin shares his journey to health care, details on the health plan’s case before the US Suprem...

In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray talks with Mountain Health CO-OP CEO, Blair Fjeseth. Listen as Blair shares her unique journey to health care –including a foray into comedy. She also details the benefits of...

In part 2 of our special ACAP Coffee Break: Double Shot edition, tune in as Vice President for Quality and Operations, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, continues the conversation with ACAP’s 2024 Leadership Academy cohort and ACAP-member plan leaders:&n...

In Part 1 of our special ACAP Coffee Break: Double Shot edition, tune in for a panel discussion between Vice President for Quality and Operations, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, ACAP’s 2024 Leadership Academy cohort and ACAP-member plan leaders:

In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray talks with Partnership HealthPlan of California CEO, Sonja Bjork.  Listen in as Sonja shares her path to health care, starting with her role as a public interest attorne...

In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray interviews Banner Health Plans CEO Jim Stringham. Tune in as Jim shares his path to leadership- beginning with studies in criminal justice & psychology. Jim also discusse...

In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray interviews San Francisco Health Plan CEO Yolanda Richardson. Listen as Yolanda shares her deep passion for health care and local managed care, and the work SFHP is doing to a...

In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray interviews Inland Empire Health Plan CEO Jarrod McNaughton. Listen as Jarrod shares his professional journey - including the unexpected phone call that led him back to the We...

In this episode of the ACAP Coffee Break podcast, ACAP CEO Meg Murray interviews Alliance Health CEO Rob Robinson. Listen as Rob shares a moment with a client that changed the trajectory of his professional life, work his plan does to specifica...

AlohaCare CEO Francoise Culley-Trotman joins the ACAP Coffee Break to  share her professional background, passion for addressing health equity and social determinants of health, and new initiatives at A...

In a conversation recorded during ACAP's CEO Summit in June 2023, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure joins the ACAP Coffee Break to discuss her professional journey,  Medicaid unwinding, supports for the dual eligible population, mat...

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...

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 ho...

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.  Want to read what A...

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 o...

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...

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 vacci...

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 ...

In the last of three special episodes of the ACAP Coffee Break, El Paso Health President and CEO Frank Dominguez joins Meg to share leadership advice. This conversation was recorded during a session for ACAP's Leadership Academy. 

In the second of three special episodes of the ACAP Coffee Break, Priority Partners Senior Director (and Treasurer of ACAP's Board of Directors) Kathy Pettway joins Meg to share leadership advice. This conversation was recorded during a session...

In the first of three special episodes of the ACAP Coffee Break, Partnership Health Plan CEO Liz Gibboney joins Meg to share leadership advice. This conversation was recorded during a session for ACAP's Leadership Academy.