Payers have taken advantage of flexible telehealth rules first approved by Congress in 2020, according to a study published March 17 by America's Health Insurance Plans.
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Value-based payment models were "significantly associated with lower acute care use" in Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, according to a study published March 17 by Humana researchers.
Aetna is partnering with New York City-based Grow Therapy to provide in-network mental healthcare benefits to all 87 million Aetna beneficiaries.
Though it may have once been on the fringe of healthcare, telehealth is here to stay after the COVID-19 pandemic.
After two years, Humana is sending thousands of employees back to its downtown Louisville, Ky., corporate headquarters, according to WLKY.
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Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna is being hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit for allegedly using a restrictive definition of "medically necessary" to avoid covering a patient's physical therapy.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its March 2022 "Medicare Payment Policy" report to Congress on March 15.
Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates and other payers are suing Walgreens for allegedly overcharging payers and customers for prescription drugs.
New York City-based Oscar Health is partnering with Wayne, Pa.-based Medecision.
Washington, D.C.-based healthcare consulting firm Avalere Health studied the potential effect of a draft Medicare plan that could prohibit patient access to new monoclonal antibody Alzheimer's disease treatments.