Value-based care and risk models are expected to grow significantly by 2025, according to a March 24 report from management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
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Less than half of Americans rate the quality of their healthcare as good, and two-thirds believe incivility is an issue in healthcare today, according to a Beryl Institute-Ipsos patient experience survey released March 24.
A March 24 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that at least 1 in 5 insulin users with private health insurance would benefit from a proposed $35 out-of-pocket spending cap.
United Healthcare Services is continuing to expand office space in Minnetonka, Minn., according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
A data breach at a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas subcontractor affected about 2,800 members, the company told CBS affiliate WIBW March 24.
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A two-minute document filing delay may have caused Tufts Health to lose a $400 million Medicaid contract, according to CBS affiliate WPRI.
The following payer executive moves have been reported by Becker's in the last two weeks:
CMS released guidance March 22 regarding health plans' payment of health care claims using virtual credit cards (VCCs) and adopted HIPAA standards for healthcare electronic funds transfers (EFT) and remittance advice (ERA) transactions.
Nava Benefits has launched a search engine to allow employers to search for employee benefit plans, including health plans.
Following a monthslong contract impasse between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Springfield Clinic, Illinois lawmakers are looking to enact harsher penalties for payers that violate the state's insurance code.