Covering Your Health: Breast Cancer Awareness with Team IEHP

The Covering Your Health podcast is back with an all-new episode, this time welcoming members of the Inland Empire Health Plan family to the mic.

Host Evelyn Erives is joined by Melika Giles, a claims processor for the health plan, and Regan Kelso, an IEHP community health worker, who speak about their own personal journeys navigating breast cancer, from Giles’ current battle with the disease to Kelso’s work in the community supporting cancer patients of all ages.

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the U.S., and accounts for about 30%—or 1 in 3—of all new female cancers each year.

In 2024, the American Cancer Society estimates:

• About 310,720 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
• About 56,500 new cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DICS) will be diagnosed.
• And about 42,250 women will die from breast cancer.

New episodes of Covering Your Health are available on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also view the conversation below.

With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans, the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid public health plan in the country, and for the third year in a row, certified as A Great Place To Work®. In its 27th year, IEHP supports more than 1.5 million Riverside and San Bernardino County residents enrolled in Medicaid or IEHP DualChoice (those with both Medi-Cal and Medicare). Today, IEHP has a growing network of nearly 6,800 providers and more than 3,000 team members who are fully committed to the vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. To learn more, go to iehp.org.