Perspectives on Corporate Development

Alan S. Cohn worked with the Federal Health Care Finance Administration1978 to 1979. From 1992 and 2017, he was a strategic partnership consultant with Avesis Managed Health Care in Phoenix. Among other responsibilities, Alan S. Cohn was in charge of marketing and corporate development.

Corporate development looks into creating, maintaining and sustaining strategic business partnerships. It’s responsible for growth and restructuring initiatives. The overarching objective of corporate development is to produce measurable operational and financial performance improvements.

In the digital age, the business environment evolves faster than ever. Uncertainty, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, is now the new norm. Organizations need to be quick in anticipating opportunities for corporate growth and competitive disruption, diversifying risk, and leveraging scarce resources.

As organizations try to harness the benefits of data for business performance and the success of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), issues centering around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) must be at the center of planning. Already, forwarding-thinking companies are sharpening their analyses and re-assessing their corporate growth strategies.

AbsoluteCare Partnership with Louisiana Healthcare Connections

An Owings Mills, Maryland resident, Alan S. Cohn graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law and holds a juris doctor. Alan S. Cohn serves as the chairman of AbsoluteCare Medical Center & Pharmacy.

AbsoluteCare began a partnership in August 2021 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections, a regional care organization. The goal of the partnership is to improve the quality of life and patient care for Medicaid members in New Orleans, as well as create job opportunities for people in the area. Louisiana Healthcare Connections benefits from AbsoluteCare’s patient care model, which focuses on patients who are vulnerable or facing clinically complex conditions.

The partnership enables both organizations to address individual struggles of the patients such as homelessness, food insecurity, and transportation. The organizations serve patients both on-site, in healthcare facilities, and in the comfort of the patient’s home. In this way, the partnership offers cost-effective patient care solutions while improving the quality of care. The two will also partner with healthcare organizations and community groups to address challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the state.

Managed Vision Care Systems Benefits

A graduate of George Washington University, Alan S. Cohn holds a bachelor of arts in public affairs. He is the chairman of the AbsoluteCare Medical Center & Pharmacy, and previously served as a strategic partnership consultant with Avesis. Alan S. Cohn is also a member of the National Association of Vision Care Plans, or NAVCP.

NAVCP is the most important managed vision care provider in the US, with over 170 million Americans being covered by the group and associated organizations. Managed vision care systems are designed to provide care services to beneficiaries. These vision care programs are cost-effective solutions, and can improve the quality of care for a person. The care provided can lead to the early detection of eye diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration through visual screenings, cutting medical costs and improving patient outcomes.

Research shows that people are up to four times as likely to go to an eye care professional if they receive coverage that includes glasses or contact lenses as well as an examination. Also, people with a benefits plan go more often to eye examinations than people who do not have a plan, and they also acquire more pairs of glasses.

How Levindale Nursing Home Traces Its Legacy to Jewish Refugees

Alan S. Cohn is the former CEO AbsoluteCare, an LGBTQ+ positive healthcare provider that began as a place for people with HIV+ to be treated with compassion, and retains an honorary status on the board of directors. In addition to his work, Alan S. Cohn has volunteered to help vulnerable people at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital.

Levindale began as a stopping point for Jewish refugees in the late 1800s. They were fleeing persecution in Europe and needed a place to start anew. In response to the growing needs of these refugees, the Jewish community in Baltimore built the Hebrew Friendly Inn in 1890. This was not originally meant to be a permanent home for anyone, but a resting place for Jews who were making their way into America for the first time after leaving Europe.

As Baltimore’s Jewish population grew, it also aged, and community leaders at the time responded by acquiring more properties to house and comfort more refugees and immigrants. By 1905, the Hebrew Friendly Inn had been renamed the Hebrew Friendly Inn and Aged Home, with additional spaces for hospice and critical care units. As of now, the institution functions as a hospital and care home for the elderly, and cares for up to 210 people at a time.