Sanford Health Plan to lead discussion on future of MA
| Nov. 13, 2025
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| Contact: Paul Heinert Sanford Health Media Relations 605-366-2432 / Paul.Heinert@sanfordhealth.org |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. —Tommy Ibrahim, M.D., MBA, MHA, executive vice president and president and CEO of Sanford Health Plan, will lead a discussion at the Cornell Health Policy Center’s Business Leader Roundtable on Friday in New York City.
This convening will bring together top health care executives and policy experts to examine the future of Medicare Advantage (MA) and its impact on patients, payers, and providers. The objectives of the roundtable are to provide business leaders with an opportunity to learn about research that Cornell faculty are conducting on Medicare Advantage (MA), offer insights for making research more impactful and relevant and suggest future health policy research priorities, including those beyond MA.
Ibrahim will be joined by Peter Banko, president and CEO of Baystate Health. The session will explore:
- How federal reimbursement policies shape MA plan strategies, benefit design and market participation
- The role of risk adjustment and quality bonus payments in supporting rural communities
- Opportunities and challenges for value-based care arrangements between plans and providers
“Medicare Advantage is at an inflection point,” said Ibrahim. “As large national carriers retrench – particularly in rural areas, and as utilization and cost pressures continue to mount, this discussion becomes especially important as we seek to advocate for common-sense reforms and to create long-term sustainability for seniors across the nation.”
As a provider-aligned health plan, Sanford Health Plan is part of an integrated health system where the plan and the providers share the same mission and accountability for outcomes on behalf of the members and patients they serve.
Ibrahim received his Doctor of Medicine degree from St. Christopher’s College of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, an academic affiliate of Johns Hopkins. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow in Hospital Medicine. He also served as an Executive-in-Residence, mentoring MHA students and future health care executives with Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
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