Though two years of a pandemic were tough for the healthcare system, the post-COVID landscape is presenting opportunities for payer innovations and growth, according to a July 19 analysis from management consulting firm McKinsey and Co.
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The Better Medicare Alliance's 2022 "State of Medicare Advantage Report" released July 20 is a compilation of the latest MA research and data and ranked the states by MA enrollment as a percentage of overall Medicare enrollment.
Today's pandemic-rewired healthcare environment offers health plans a unique opportunity to help differentiate themselves by developing "virtual-first" health plans.
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From plans to launch a new accountable care organization in Wisconsin, to announcing it would be getting rid of out-of-pocket costs for some prescription drugs, here are six headlines about UnitedHealth since July 7.
UnitedHealthcare is launching a new accountable care organization this August in Wisconsin for the 2023 plan year, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported July 21.
With record support in Congress and in the number of plans offered nationwide, Medicare Advantage is growing fast, diversifying its members and driving senior care costs down, according to the Better Medicare Alliance's 2022 "State of Medicare Advantage Report."
From several partnerships around social determinants of health to Humana becoming an equity partner in a Pennsylvania ACO, these are eight payer partnerships Becker's has reported since June 21:
Humana is hiring 300 seasonal Medicare enrollment representatives.