Starr Management
In the latest episode of Chats Not Stats, Jamil Northcutt, Ph.D., the Founder & CEO of Strategic Transitions Advisors, LLC, shares his extensive experience in navigating career transitions effectively. This episode comes at a crucial time when many professionals contemplate significant career changes, highlighting the critical nature of career transitions. Host Adrienne Starr and…
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Marques Colston’s Evolution From Underdog to Adapting and Thriving in Professional Football
The world of professional sports offers some of the most inspiring stories of players who rise from obscurity to legendary status. One such tale is that of Marques Colston, whose journey spans from a small school football player to a 10-year veteran with the New Orleans Saints. As the NFL season kicks off, Colston’s…
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Athlete Mental Health and Advocacy Requires Several Steps of Strategizing
Mental health is finally taking center stage in the world of sports, making the conversation around student-athletes and their well-being becoming more important than ever. With athletes increasingly opening up about their struggles, the question of how to navigate mental health while striving for peak performance is pertinent. However, there are some athletes who…
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Stats Not Chats: NFL Veteran Will Davis Finds New Challenges Through Digital Marketing Strategy
Football is a game of strategy. One NFL veteran takes the lessons he learned on the gridiron to the world of digital marketing strategy. On Chats Not Stats, host Adrienne Starr welcomes Will Davis, a former NFL cornerback who transitioned his football career to one in digital marketing strategy. The discussion delves into the…
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Tackling Life Beyond the Game: Trey Edmunds’ Journey From NFL to Fatherhood
As athletes’ journeys from professional sports to their lives afterwards increasingly fall under the spotlight, Trey Edmunds’ journey from NFL to fatherhood emerges as a beacon for embracing new beginnings and carving out a purposeful existence post-retirement. Edmunds’ story offers a compelling narrative on navigating change, embracing new roles, and finding purpose after the…
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Football Touchdowns to Financial Turnarounds: Ronnie Brown’s Shift from NFL to Financial Guidance
In the realm of professional sports, transitioning from the field to a fulfilling post-career life is a journey few navigate as successfully as Ronnie Brown. Known for his dynamic play in the NFL, the former running back seamlessly shifted gears from the NFL to financial guidance, becoming a beacon of wisdom for athletes navigating…
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Whole Health Index
Dr. Sam Ambewadikar returns to break down Anthem’s Whole Health Index (WHI)—a powerful tool that distills medical, social, environmental, and behavioral data into a single score (0–100) to identify members most at risk. By surfacing factors like transportation deserts, housing instability, or food insecurity, WHI enables Anthem care managers and advocates to proactively match members…
PCP Attribution Analysis
Dr. Sam Ambewadikar, RVP and Medical Director at Anthem National Accounts, joins Brent to unpack the power of primary care attribution analysis—a tool he helped pioneer to spotlight the clinical and financial impact of members not having an established PCP. Drawing from his background as a practicing pediatrician and claims analytics leader, Dr. Sam shares…
Sydney Health Demo
In this episode, Christina Firouztash, Executive Advisor of Digital Solutions at Anthem, gives a dynamic walkthrough of the Sydney Health app—Anthem’s flagship digital member experience. Christina showcases how Sydney delivers personalized, simple, and equitable navigation across benefits, including virtual care, pharmacy, financial transparency, and social services access. From contextual chatbots and ID card access to…
Pharmacy Part 1
In this episode, Brent chats with Katie Brennan, National Sales Director at CarelonRx, about making pharmacy benefits more accessible, consistent, and member-friendly. Katie spotlights Carelon new advanced home delivery model, which brings the pharmacy counter—and the pharmacist—into the member’s home. With fewer retail pharmacies offering extended hours and many patients lacking reliable transportation, CarelonRx is…
