by Jordana Choucair | Nov 11, 2022 | Transition to Value
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials shared their vision for encouraging more plans to adopt value-based care arrangements. Speaking at the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network Summit on value-based care, Ellen Montz, director of the...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 10, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry found that racial and ethnic disparities in buprenorphine treatment duration increased between 2006 and 2020, particularly during more recent years. The data revealed that the typical duration of treatment for Black and...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 10, 2022 | M&A
Elevance Health announced it will acquire specialty pharmacy company BioPlus from CarepathRx. BioPlus provides pharmacy care to patients living with chronic conditions and operates Centers of Excellence that help oncology and multiple sclerosis patients receive...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 10, 2022 | Payers
Bright Health Group announced it will end Medicare Advantage (MA) and Affordable Care Act (ACA) operations in all states except California for 2023. In October, the insurtech announced it would exit the ACA exchange business to focus next year solely on its MA...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 9, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Voters in three states moved to protect abortion rights on Tuesday in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Voters in Michigan voted to amend the state constitution to establish an “individual right to reproductive freedom, including...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 9, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Voters in South Dakota Tuesday approved a ballot measure to extend Medicaid benefits to more than 40,000 low-income adults. The measure – known in South Dakota as “Constitutional Amendment D” – would extend Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act so that...
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