Evernorth, Cigna Corporation’s health services business, and integrated health system Kaiser Permanente are entering into a five-year collaboration for health benefit access and specialty pharmacy services. Initially, the agreement will focus on two main areas. One is access to Cigna’s PPO provider network for Kaiser Permanente members who need urgent or emergency care, and are […]
Behavioral health has grabbed a bigger share of the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because the emergence of remote care technologies such as telehealth that have made it easier, and somewhat less stigmatizing, to seek care for mental health. New research points to another benefit of behavioral telehealth: Certain psychiatric conditions make it […]
The American Hospital Association is “extremely concerned” that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing only a 3.2% payment update for general acute care hospitals in 2023, said Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes.
Kaiser Permanente is joining the ranks of healthcare organizations making investments in affordable housing, pledging $400 million toward economic development and housing. This doubles the nonprofit organization’s financial commitment to its Thriving Communities social impact investment fund.
Tests for COVID-19 have become all too common during the pandemic, and usually rely on a nasal swab to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the illness. The Food and Drug Administration however, has just granted emergency use authorization to the first-ever breathalyzer test for the virus, which can be used in […]
General acute care hospitals are projected to get a 3.2% increase in operating payment rates under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System proposed rule released Monday
After a year in which the company struggled financially, Bright Health Group will be exiting six markets, and will no longer offer individual or family plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah or Virginia.