Policy.
Partnership.
Advocacy.

By Kelly O’Reilly, President and CEO, Ohio Association of Health Plans

Welcome to OAHP’s rebranded and refreshed website! We are excited to provide our members, policy makers and other stakeholders with a new and more useful tool to better understand Ohio’s health insurance industry and its positions on areas of policy that impact the quality and affordability of healthcare in this state.

Together, Aetna, Buckeye Health Plan, CareSource, Molina Healthcare, Paramount Advantage and UnitedHealthcare provide Medicaid services to 2.8 million Ohioans. Now, they’re partnering with health care providers across the state in a coordinated push to get 900,000 more Medicaid members vaccinated by mid-August. Such a massive undertaking calls for innovation and cooperation — the hallmarks of Ohio’s Medicaid program and its managed care partners.

The new CEO of Ohio’s trade group for health insurers was most recently a top lobbyist for specialty physicians, nursing homes and other healthcare providers on the other side of the table.

Kelly O’Reilly no longer sees the divide.

The Ohio Association of Health Plans will focus this year on “common ground” such as emphasizing preventative care, immunizations and care coordination to keep patients well and out of hospitals.