Negotiations to extend the ACA enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of 2025 have collapsed, likely ending hopes of a revival, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 5. A bipartisan group of senators were discussing a plan to…
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Indiana Medicaid will seek proposals from insurers for $68 billion in contracts for Medicaid managed care services, according to a Jan. 30 presentation by the state’s Family and Social Services Administration. The state plans to issue the request for proposals…
There was a time when a hospital contract renewal was one of the more boring events in healthcare. Health systems and payers would work through rate disputes in private, and patients rarely knew the process was happening, let alone that…
CareSource promoted Jason Bearden to regional market president and tapped David Donohue and Eric Van Allen as market presidents for Georgia and Arkansas, respectively, according to Jan. 13 news releases. Mr. Bearden previously oversaw the Georgia market but will now…
Discharge is one of the most legally and clinically vulnerable moments in care — especially for multilingual patients. When instructions are unclear, inconsistently translated or poorly integrated into documentation workflows, the consequences extend beyond confusion. Health systems face increased risk…
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Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Nuvance-Northwell Health
Tripp Partaia
Managing Director and Industry Vice President, Oracle Cloud Engineering
Paul Brake, Ph.D,
Healthcare Industry Executive, Oracle
The housing crisis is becoming a healthcare leadership issue. As housing costs rise faster than wages, many healthcare employees cannot afford to live near where they work. The result is longer commutes, higher turnover, staffing instability and escalating labor costs…
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Twenty-two groups — most healthcare related — signed a letter advocating for a bill that aims for fairer comparison between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service, according to a Feb. 4 news release from AHIP. Reps. Aaron Bean, R-Fl., and Kevin Hern,…
With a joint venture finalized, Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente now co-own Renown’s health plan, Hometown Health. For Kaiser, it marks its entry into Nevada. For Renown, it’s an opportunity to scale up its health plan…
Cost Plus Drugs co-founder Mark Cuban is not convinced the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Cigna’s Express Scripts is going to amount to much. “My initial response to the FTC [and pharmacy benefit manager] settlements … meh. [G]reat intent. [W]ill…
Nearly one-third of physicians enrolled in Medicaid don’t treat patients covered by the program, according to a study published Feb. 2 in Health Affairs. A team led by researchers at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University analyzed physician enrollment files…