LGBTQ and health advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida's ban on healthcare providers from billing Medicaid for gender-affirming medical treatment, The Washington Post reported Sept. 7.
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Phoenix-based Cigna Medical Group has changed its name to Evernorth Care Group as part of Cigna’s new health services business, Evernorth.
Alignment Healthcare has closed a $250 million senior secured term facility with Oxford Finance.
Despite large-scale efforts and various incentives, value-based care adoption has been iterative, and inconsistent, and has yet to produce industrywide transformation.
From multiple collaborations around addiction treatment services to creative member outreach strategies, these are six recently inked partnerships with payers:
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Nebraska Hospital Association president Jeremy Nordquist called Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska's decision to reduce telehealth reimbursements for providers a "devastating" and "shortsighted" cut, the Omaha World Herald reported Sept. 6.
UnitedHealth Group and Walmart are partnering around a value-based care model for Medicare Advantage members and a co-branded health plan starting next year.
UnitedHealthcare plans to offer individual plans on the ACA marketplace in Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio for the 2023 plan year, the payer told Becker's Sept. 6.
Highmark's value-based care programs across several divisions have collectively saved the company over $2.5 billion in the last five years and significantly boosted the number of primary care visits among members, according to data released by the Pittsburgh-based company Sept.…
West Virginia University Medicine President and CEO Albert Wright views the health system's new insurance plan, Peak Health, as "the iPhone of health insurance" because it aims to replace traditional administrative layers between patients and providers, The State Journal reported Sept.…