Make pediatric language access a strength of your health system. This whitepaper shows health system leaders how a child-centered approach puts children at ease and strengthens family trust, supporting your quality and equity goals. The focus is the child’s experience…
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Humana has pulled off a Medicare Advantage star ratings turnaround, with 95% of the insurer’s members in plans rated four stars or higher for 2027, compared to 20% a year ago. “I’m grateful for what our team accomplished this year,…
Fortune recognized five healthcare companies on its 2026 “AIQ 75” ranking. Fortune partnered with Enterprise Technology Research and pulled from ServiceNow’s Enterprise AI Maturity Index. The team assessed how Fortune 500 companies, the largest U.S. companies by revenue, deploy AI…
St. Louis-based Ascension is continuing to scale back its health insurance business, shedding ownership stakes in health plans and redirecting capital toward its core strength: care delivery. The latest move is Ascension’s agreement to sell its ownership stake in Arizona…
UnitedHealthcare’s AI assistant Avery is now available to 21 million commercial, Medicare and Medicaid members, according to an Oct. 8 news release shared with Becker’s. Avery first launched in March to about 6.5 million members with employer-sponsored plans and 160,000…
Fifteen Medicare Advantage plans earned five-star ratings for 2027, down from 22 last year. CMS released the ratings Oct. 8. Of the 508 contracts that were rated, 188 (37%) earned four stars or higher, compared with about 44% in 2026. About…
Blood-based cancer screening is reaching the market fast: enabling a single draw, no scanner and a testing method that can travel to the patient. The organizations getting the most from it are building the operations to match, turning a positive…
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Thirty-two Medicare Advantage contracts received 2.5 stars or lower in CMS’ 2027 star ratings, up from 23 last year. The agency released the ratings Oct. 8, which will determine quality bonus payments for 2028. The enrollment-weighted average MA star rating…
Centene is launching Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense arrangements, recently rebranded from individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, in four more states in 2027. Ambetter Health Solutions President Alan Silver told Becker’s Oct. 8 that the expansion includes Alabama,…
CMS estimates that 77% of fiscal year 2025 Medicaid improper payments resulted from insufficient documentation rather than fraud or abuse, according to an Oct. 7 report from the Congressional Research Service. The report outlines how federal and state agencies oversee…
