In 2020, COVID-19 and civil unrest spotlighted healthcare disparities. In response, some companies announced efforts to combat inequities, but did they follow through? Jasmaine McClain, principal of the Health Equity Alliance at the Health Management Academy, discusses.  

Insurer Centene has increased its year-over-year profits, logging $738 million in profit in the third quarter of this year, up from $584 million a year ago.

Advanced Medicare payments to providers in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic – about $103 billion worth – were compliant with federal and Congressional requirements, meaning they largely hit their mark, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General.