by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed cutting reimbursements to home health providers by 2.2 percent in fiscal 2024 in a draft regulation published Friday. Home health advocates were universally upset with the proposed rule on...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Bright Health Group announced that it will sell its final insurance assets to Molina Healthcare for up to $600 million in cash. Bright Health needed to ink a proposed sale agreement for its Medicare Advantage business in California by Friday to avoid bankruptcy after...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Death rates from certain cancers rose in Hispanic men and women over the two decades ending in 2020 while the rest of the population saw mortality decline, according to a new JAMA Oncology study. The study highlights how lack of access to health care has contributed...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Georgia is set to become the only state in the country to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, and the success or failure of its plan could be a test case for other states that are planning ahead for the next Republican White House. The newly launched...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Health care costs are expected to rise 7 percent next year as providers deal with higher expenses and seek rate increases during contract negotiations with insurers. The projection by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PWC) Health Research Institute tops the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
UnitedHealthcare will end out-of-pocket costs for its 24/7 Virtual Visits in some of its fully insured plans beginning July 1. The insurance giant revealed the change through a notice to its brokers about the new offering. According to the alert, the $0 cost for these...
Recent Comments