Becker's Hospital Review

60 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Humana CFO: Strive to provide 'full continuum of care' at home By Nick Moran W hen Humana began to seriously invest in at-home care in 2018, no one would expect how inte- gral the system of care could be through- out the pandemic, said Humana CFO Susan Diamond. As president of Humana's home business before becoming CFO, Ms. Diamond said her role was to rethink what the company's ambitions were within the home care mar- ket. She landed on one point: providing "a full continuum of care capabilities" within reach of members and their homes. Focusing on at-home development will con- tinue to be a priority for Humana, Ms. Dia- mond said on "Becker's Payer Issues Podcast." Below is an excerpt from the podcast. Susan Diamond: There were three prima- ry things in that space. One is to just simply expand access to those types of services. So many of these models are available on a more limited basis just geographically because they're fairly new models. So we are working with a number of partners to significantly expand access through deeper penetration in markets. The second is a strong commitment, really across all of humanity, to focus on and im- plement value-based principles in all as- pects of care delivery. So you see a lot of this in primary care where you'll see more ad- vanced value-based models in the delivery of whole-person care, where the physician will truly take full accountability for the total cost of care and bring additional support mechanisms to bear within their practices, to support a wider range of patient needs. The third priority that we're really focused on within the home with Humana is to be- gin to create greater connectivity across this range of capabilities. What we have found is that each of these capabilities — whether it's primary care, urgent care, hospital-level care — when it's brought to the home, we see better outcomes when we can leverage them in combination and in coordination. n Female execs see larger pay bumps when changing employers By Hannah Mitchell F emale executives get bigger pay increases than men when chang- ing employers, according to a July 14 report from MIT Sloan Management Review. Researchers analyzed executives from a top five executive placement firm, interviews with search firm executives and career history from more than 2,000 senior-level external job switches. Five study findings: 1. Women get larger raises when moving to a senior position at highly visible public companies that have a global presence, or in industries where women are underrepresented. 2. Among senior executives, pay increases for women who switched employers were 9.41 percentage points higher than increases for men. 3. When women move to publicly traded companies, they gain more. The average pay increase was 33.2 percent, 11.5 percentage points higher than men's average increase of 21.7 percent. 4. Higher percentage increases are not the same as higher pay. Women are still paid less than men, the report said. Men's pay was 19.5 percent- age points higher than women's in the previous role and 14 percentage points higher in the new role. 5. In addition to base salary, when performance-based compensation is considered, the difference in pay between both genders drops from 6.2 percentage points to zero, the report said. n HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast division taps Amy Johnson to lead physician alignment By Kelly Gooch A my Johnson was appointed by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's Gulf Coast division as vice president of physician alignment. In this role, she manages specialty alignment efforts within Houston and South Texas markets. She began her role June 28. "Amy's unique experience in large-scale physician enterprise strategy and operations will be an asset in her new role," Evan Ray, executive vice president and chief admin- istrative officer at HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast division, said in a news release. "Her robust background in physician development, management and practices will allow for a seamless integration into our division team." Ms. Johnson previously served as vice president of business development and as sys- tem operations leader for the musculoskeletal clinical program at St. Louis-based SSM Health. n

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