NASCO at AHIP MMDC26
The Affordability
Imperative
Understanding and Addressing the Challenge
At a time when healthcare feels more complicated than ever, the role of health plans is more critical than ever. But the old ways of doing things aren’t working anymore. They’re adding to the affordability crisis and making it much harder for health plans to compete and grow.
NASCO will be at MMDC26 talking about the complex issues facing health plans today discussing sustainable strategies that can help health plans address these challenges and drive affordability and growth by managing the total cost of care.
The Affordability Imperative:
Understanding and Addressing the Challenge
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
12:45 – 1:30 p.m.
Session Speakers
Speaker
Lori Logan
President & CEO
NASCO
As President and CEO of NASCO, Lori Logan partners with health plan leaders to deliver a holistic portfolio of healthcare administrative products and services that drive innovation, better experiences, and affordability. With 30+ years as a healthcare executive, her expertise spans product innovation, strategy, and go to market across payer and provider markets. She has held leadership roles at athenahealth, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, TriZetto, McKesson, and others.
Speaker
Lori Aronson
Vice President, Physician Contracting Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Lori Aronson is Vice President of Physician Contracting at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Since joining in 2020, she has led enterprise efforts to improve care affordability, outcomes, and member experience through direct care delivery, provider enablement, and valuebased physician contracting. Her background includes population health, total cost of care improvement, PACE Medicare Advantage leadership, and hospital consulting.
Moderator
Amanda Berra
EVP and Chief Education Officer
Union Healthcare Insight
Amanda Berra is EVP and Chief Education Officer and a founder of Union Healthcare Insight, leading executive and board education. A nationally recognized healthcare expert, she brings deep experience in market strategy, board governance, clinical quality improvement, and provider partnerships. Previously, she spent nearly 20 years in senior leadership at Advisory Board. She holds a BA from Middlebury College and an MA from Georgetown University.
It’s Time to Evolve
Healthcare is at a tipping point where affordability is non-negotiable. What’s more, members want lower costs and better experiences. What’s your plan?
If you’re not sure where to start, we can help. NASCO Evolve is a purpose-built adjudication solution for alternative payment models that gives health plans financial and performance visibility across complex payment arrangements. This system-agnostic tool supports insights-driven coordination of contract performance and settlement processes — at scale. All of which drives affordability and growth.
Interested in learning more?
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