Health insurer Viva Health and Baptist Health System — both based in Birmingham, Ala. — have partnered to offer a new Medicare Advantage HMO plan, Viva Medicare Me, according to a report from The Birmingham News.
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Florida Hospital in Orlando has opened an insurance office in Ormond Beach, Fla., to provide the public with information about its new health plans, according to a report from The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Some Kansas hospitals have said the state's decision earlier this year to move its Medicaid recipients onto a flat-fee managed care program called KanCare has led to delays in treatment and reimbursement, according to a report from The Topeka-Capital Journal.
WellCare Health Plans, an investor-owned health insurer based in Tampa, Fla., has aggressively expanded its operations in the past week, particularly within the Medicaid market.
The following are the latest issues that occurred between hospitals, health systems and payers within the past month, starting with the most recent.
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Arkansas has received approval from HHS to expand Medicaid through the private insurance market, Gov. Mike Beebe has announced.