Author Archives: Ken Janda

About Ken Janda

Ken Janda is a warrior for health equity, an Adjunct Professor in Health Systems Science and Population Health at the University of Houston College of Medicine and Lecturer at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business; teaching the essentials of health systems, insurance and health care financing to medical and MBA students. Ken also is the Founder and Managing Principal of Wild Blue Health Solutions, a Texas-based health care consultancy focused on advancing new care and payment models for traditional healthcare and social determinants of health, increasing coverage options and connecting vulnerable populations to health care access. Previously Ken served for 11 years as President and CEO of Community Health Choice, a nonprofit health insurer which included over 400,000 enrollees in Medicaid, CHIP and the ACA’s subsidized individual Marketplace. A 40-year veteran of the health industry, Ken previously held executive positions with health insurers Prudential, Aetna and Humana. Ken has under-graduate degrees in Anthropology, Economics and Managerial Studies from Rice University, and Juris Doctorate from University of Houston Law Center.

Survival of the Biggest: How Consolidation through Private Equity is Reshaping Primary Care

By | July 25, 2024
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Consolidation, broadly, and private equity, specifically, is threatening the survival of primary care. Because of its life-extending, quality-improving, cost-reducing, and equity-promoting benefits, primary care has been declared a common good, worthy of the public stewardship and investment provided to the justice system, highways, and public schools. Through its core functions – coordination, comprehensiveness, access, and… Read More »

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Trending Toward Medicare Advantage for All

By | January 18, 2024
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Medicare for All is Not Happening… 10 years from now will we have Medicare Advantage for All? Grandmother and granddaughter in the same health plan? Others have written that the US should achieve universal health insurance coverage, better health outcomes, and lower costs via comprehensive programs such as “Medicare for All”, as proposed by Senator… Read More »