Provider Partners Health Plans is laying off 161 employees spanning three states, according to Oct. 7 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, notices. Provider Partners reported 79, 39 and 43 layoffs in Texas, Maryland and Illinois, respectively. The Texas…
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UnitedHealth Group’s count of subsidiaries and related entities has reached 2,807, according to the latest “Sunlight Report,” published in October. The report comes from the Center for Health & Democracy and is funded by Arnold Ventures. The updated report identified…
For many hospitals, relying on a distributor to keep supplies stocked is the most practical and economical model. But managing inventory across multiple locations and systems can create gaps in visibility, control and replenishment — and without the right tools,…
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Cigna Healthcare in the first quarter of 2027 will roll out Health Sense, a tailored customer and clinical support model that brings together health, benefits and cost information. While the model will initially roll out for customers with oncology and…
One of Michigan’s largest employers, General Motors, is switching from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to Aetna for the administration of salaried, non-unionized employees’ health plans, as reported Oct. 8 by the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News.…
CMS is pitching new guardrails for pharmacy benefit managers and Medicare Advantage plans under a proposed rule released Oct. 16. The proposed rule would implement sections of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026. Comments are due Dec. 15. Here are…
The Minnesota Department of Human Services told Becker’s Oct. 15 that it may need to claw back funds from Medicaid providers if it faces a disallowance from CMS in the coming weeks. CMS has deferred $550 million in Medicaid funds…
Artificial intelligence models are improving faster than ever. Yet for many patients and clinicians, the experience of care looks much the same as it did before the latest wave of AI. In a new whitepaper, Ambience Healthcare President and Co-Founder…
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In today’s highly regulated landscape, health plans face increasing pressure to deliver timely, interactive outreach after a covered patient’s hospital discharge. Federal and state regulators require Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations to document every attempt and prove that…
The owner of healthcare software company HealthSplash was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a scheme that prosecutors said fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal healthcare programs more than $1 billion for medically unnecessary equipment. Brett…