Sheba Medical Center is focused on using artificial intelligence to turn around statistics on patient safety. “In terms of patient safety, we’ve made no progress over the past 30 years,” said Prof. Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, chief transformation and innovation officer at Sheba Medical Center, located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
Elevance Health, formerly Anthem, is poised to acquire Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, having entered into a definitive agreement this week to snag the insurer, with BCBSLA joining Elevance Health’s affiliated Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield family of brands. The two organizations said they’re “aligned in a mission” to improve access, quality and affordability […]
Two payers, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, have entered into a partnership with virtual care and navigation platform Included Health in an attempt to strengthen healthcare access for those in the LGBTQ+ community.
Optum Rx, UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy services company, has launched Price Edge, a tool that compares available direct-to-consumer pricing for traditional generic drugs with insurance pricing. The goal is to ensure members get the lowest prescription drug price. Price Edge is being offered to all Optum Rx clients, the company said this week.
Medicare Part D may be the target of reforms, but a new analysis from consulting firm Avalere has found that beneficiaries may still face challenges when it comes to affording their medications.
The financial issues hospitals began to face at the start of the pandemic aren’t going away anytime soon, according to managing editors of Alvarez & Marsal, who advise healthcare executives on the best ways to move forward. The pandemic exposed the stresses in the supply chain, of staffing and of establishing safety net issues, said Managing […]
Tenet Healthcare, a 61-hospital health system based in Dallas, said it expects to exceed the midpoint of its latest FY22 Adjusted EBITDA outlook range included in its third quarter 2022 earnings release. The system also announced key leadership updates meant to support long-term business performance.
The State of California is suing pharmaceutical manufacturers. Why are they doing it? We’ll examine the answers to that and more in this week’s Top Stories, including GE Healthcare’s agreement to but French company IMPACTIS, and SickKids’ recent ransomware scare. For more news and features from Jeff Lagasse, visit Healthcare Finance News. In this episode:
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy recently convened an in-person roundtable discussion on reforming prior authorization in federally-sponsored healthcare programs, at which providers pressed CMS to finalize the reforms to alleviate administrative burdens.
Risk-based contracts let providers consider the whole individual, rather than focus on billing for services, according to Jaja Okigwe, First Choice Health CEO.