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Telemedicine use reached its highest rates among patients in primary care organizations that were reimbursed under advanced value-based payment models compared to those reimbursed via fee-for-service, according to a JAMA study published July 16.

UnitedHealth Group topped the list of the best healthcare stocks for the rest of 2021, Kiplinger reported July 13.

Regence BlueShield is the latest healthcare company to partner with at-home care provider DispatchHealth.

Of the many strains the coronavirus pandemic has placed on the healthcare industry, the payer-provider relationship has dramatically shifted, said Richard Embrey, MD, medical director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.

Florida is requesting $1.1 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to support at-home Medicaid services.

SCAN Health Plan is launching Healthcare in Action, a mobile physician unit that uses "street medicine" to address health disparities among California's homeless population. 

Three payers — Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates and Kaiser Permanente — were named some of the best places to work in IT, according to a July 12 report from InsiderPro and Computer World.

An Illinois watchdog organization is scrapping with the state's healthcare agency as it allegedly withholds data on Meridian Health Plan of Illinois' performance.

HHS and the White House announced that July 15 marked the beginning of the Summer Sprint to Coverage campaign, a push to encourage people to utilize the ACA special enrollment period before it ends Aug. 15.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said the payer needs to see more data on Aduhelm, Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug, before it will cover it.