A collection of healthcare companies joined forces in May to form a unique value-based senior care and payment model that aims to drive down costs, improve health outcomes and ultimately, keep patients out of the hospital.
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In a Wall Street Journal ad published Aug. 16, the American Hospital Association urged commercial health insurers to end four policies that it says hurt patients, contribute to clinician burnout and raise care costs.
The California Department of Insurance settled with National Health Insurance Co. Aug. 16 for $1.995 million after the payer unlawfully failed to post its formulary online, sold drugs at incorrect prices and denied necessary care and coverage information to members.
Eleven officials make up Cigna's executive leadership team, according to its website.
Ten providers — including Northwestern Medicine and Community Health System — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.
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From Anthem becoming Elevance Health to major restructuring at Humana, these are five recent payer rebrands reported by Becker's since June 1:
Integrated Home Care Services, a Miramar, Fla.-based home health and medical equipment administrator, has named Christopher Bradbury as its new CEO.
Kyu Rhee, MD, is a senior vice president at CVS Health and chief medical officer at Aetna. He sat down with Becker's to discuss ongoing trends across the healthcare industry and how he is working to create a "values-based" care…
From big collaborations around mental health access to the launch of a health IT educational institute, these are seven recent payer partnerships reported by Becker's:
A rural county in Wisconsin is placing a voter referendum on its November ballot that would formally ask Congress and President Joe Biden to create a publicly-funded health insurance program beyond Medicare and Medicaid, The Racine Journal Times reported Aug.…