Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth said it is no longer accepting patients who are insured by several private Medicaid insurers because of low reimbursement, according to local news station WIFR.
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For Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota CEO Craig Samitt, MD, a pandemic didn't come to mind as a disruptor that would usher in changes like new prior authorization processes and telemedicine to the healthcare industry.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which represents 36 BCBS companies, has given almost $3 billion to healthcare workers, members and local communities to provide support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A COVID-19 plasma treatment study led by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will get funding from UnitedHealth Group to help accelerate the federally sponsored program.
Centene Corp. subsidiary Centurion won a contract from the Kansas Department of Administration to run healthcare services for inmates in the state's correctional facilities.
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Compensation for three top leaders at UnitedHealth Group totaled nearly $50 million in 2019, according to a proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Insurers offering commercial health plans to employers and individuals could issue roughly $2.7 billion in premium rebates this year, nearly double 2019's $1.4 billion record, the Kaiser Family Foundation said, citing data from Mark Farrah Associates.
In healthcare's current fee-for-service landscape, it might be difficult to imagine a world without prior authorizations. But as more hospitals and payers shift to value-based care contracting and embrace analytical data-sharing, the burdens and inefficiencies associated with the prior authorization…
Nearly 900 employees at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston who have been temporarily laid off will see their monthly health insurance premiums covered by two donors, according to local news station Count On News 2.
UnitedHealth Group may offer premium rebates to employers and grant payment plans to customers to help shore up its employer-sponsored health plan business, according to the Star Tribune.