by Jordana Choucair | Oct 12, 2022 | Payers
Employers are embracing digital tools and adding advanced primary care vendors to their benefit packages to streamline the process of connecting patients with providers and cushion the financial blow to their workers. Knowing that the cost of deferred care could...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 12, 2022 | Payers
Bright Health announced that it is discontinuing all of its plans on the ACA’s exchanges and cutting its Medicare Advantage (MA) offerings to two states for the 2023 plan year. The company said it plans to focus on its multipayer care model in markets where that is...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 11, 2022 | Life Sciences
Walmart announced it is launching its Walmart Healthcare Research Institute in an effort to improve clinical trial diversity. The retailer will leverage its reach to help drug researchers connect to older adults, rural residents, women, and minority populations....
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 11, 2022 | Mental Health
Senator Ron Wyden acknowledged that sweeping mental health reform legislation may be pushed to 2023. Wyden said that he and Senate Finance Committee ranking member Larry Crapo “decided we weren’t going to have the debate about resources and revenue get to the point...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 11, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A Kaiser Health News investigation found that many hospitals don’t have specialists who know how to treat addiction. While hospitals employ numerous clinicians – physicians, nurses, therapists, or social workers – who can support patients with heart, lung, or kidney...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 11, 2022 | Payers
A New York Times (NYT) review of federal lawsuits and investigations found that insurers have been using lucrative strategies to get more money from Medicare Advantage (MA) program than they may legally be due. According to the review, eight of the 10 largest MA...
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