Payer-provider collaboration during the pandemic needs to turn the corner to uphold innovation and improve care, said Krista Hoglund, chief actuary and financial officer of Security Health Plan.
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Clover Health CEO Vivek Garipalli addressed the insurer's controversial history for the first time in an interview with Yahoo News.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina will now cover gender-affirming facial feminization surgeries for transgender patients, according to the Durham-based Duke University School of Law July 12.
The pandemic led to a dip in emergency room visits, and the numbers may not recover, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty said during the company's July 15 earnings call.
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.
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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.