Henry Quoted on UnitedHealth’s Possible Acquisition of Aetna
Henry Loubet, senior vice president and chief strategy officer for Keenan in Oakland, Calif., and a former UnitedHealth executive, tells HPW there are an incredible number of issues to smooth out if a merger between large plans occurs, primarily because of state and federal regulations. “Assuming plans operate in all 50 states
Read More →
Henry Comments on Executive Lineup reshuffle at United Health Group
A major reshuffle of the executive lineup at UnitedHealth Group saw Gail Boudreaux, CEO of the group’s UnitedHealthcare unit, resign on Nov. 12, which could signal at least a moderate strategy shift in how aggressive the insurer prices in public exchange and Medicare markets, consultants and analysts say. And certainly the changes are a sign …
Read More →
Henry Quoted on Anthem Blue Cross’s Vivity
A veteran California-based consultant calls Vivity a positive for Anthem and the providers, but questions the hype about aggressiveness of the competition among the health systems. Henry Loubet, chief strategy officer for Keenan, and former CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s Western operations, tells HPW such talk may be “overblown” since the acreage covered by Vivity is so …
Read More →
Henry Weighs in on Stanford Health Contract
Letter from Henry Loubet, chief strategy officer at Keenan, to the leadership at Stanford Health Excerpted from Henry Loubet’s letter: Keenan is one of Anthem’s top three (3) largest Broker/Consultant distribution partners in the state of California out of approximately 5000 Broker/Consultants in the State of California. Keenan has sizeable membership with Stanford Health Care …
Read More →
Henry Quoted in “Health Plan Week” on Mandate in California Healthcare
For insurers, Loubet says, the coverage of abortion services is a well-established practice. “[Reproductive coverage] has gotten a lot of publicity of late, but I think abortions are kind of part of the landscape and I don’t see it as having a big overall financial impact like Sovaldi will have,” he says, referring to the …
Read More →
What Will This Year’s Open Enrollment Bring
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is preparing to open the second act and will be more organized and structured than in year one. Because the Employer Mandate provisions were delayed for a year, last fall’s open enrollment was a real beginning. At this point, it appears this year employers will actually face penalties and be …
Read More →
Henry Shares His Thoughts on Future Bundled Payments
Read More →
Henry Speaks to Innovations Affecting the Delivery of Healthcare
Read More →
The Narrowing of Health Plan Networks
Read More →
Henry Writes About Trends Impacting the Business of Healthcare in 2014
Read More →