What’s Trending NOW is how payers can harness social determinants of health, or SDOH, not just for social good, but as a data-driven strategy to cut costs, improve outcomes, and strengthen risk adjustment.
Host Shahid Shah is joined by Elizabeth Levy, Managing Director at AArete to discuss how SDOH can move from buzzword to business strategy, why it’s core to care management now more than ever, and what forward-thinking payers should be doing today to make it actionable.
About the Guest
Elizabeth Levy
Managing Director at AArete
LinkedIn: Elizabeth Levy
Elizabeth (Liz) is the co-leader of AArete’s healthcare consulting practice which has served 100+ health plans and provider organizations. In her Managing Director role, Liz advises healthcare payer clients on profitability improvement, expansion strategies, member experience, and digital and technology initiatives. She has an extensive background in strategic cost reduction, scaling healthcare payer operations for short- and long-term growth, and using data-driven insights to improve financial and operational performance. Her client successes have included supporting numerous health plans to positively impact their bottom line through effective change management solutions.
About the Host and Show
Shahid N. Shah
Website: ShahidShah.com
LinkedIn: Shahid Shah
X: @ShahidNShah
A C-suite native that can easily blend in with technical and engineering teams that need to deliver revenue-generating solutions to the marketplace. Shahid specializes in bringing world-class CTO, CISO, and Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) expertise to startups, business units and companies on a part-time (fractional) basis. With a rich background in regulated, safety-critical industries like Med Devices, Digital Health, and Gov 2.0, he possess a unique understanding of complex, high-demand products and services. With over 33 year of experience his areas of expertise span from in engineering, cybersecurity, bio/health IT, medical devices to government IT.
What’s HITting you differently in healthcare? Join host Shahid N. Shah on Trending NOW for this 30-minute ride through the latest topics driving change in digital health across the news and social media. Shahid will take the lead in uncovering what’s hot and what’s not. So, buckle up and tune in to stay in the know!
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