Elevance Health, formerly known as Anthem, took in $1.6 billion in profit in the third quarter of this year, marking a 7.2% gain from Q3 of 2021. Revenues reached $39.9 billion, up 11.5% from the $35.8 billion in revenue posted a year ago. President and CEO Gail Boudreaux attributed the financial performance to “broad-based momentum” […]
Philips is repurposing tech innovations it conceived during the emergence of the pandemic to help address healthcare access worldwide. The company’s Vice President of U.S. Government Solutions Christina Nichols gives the details.
Cathie Brown, past president of Virginia HIMSS and VP of consulting services at Clearwater, explains these essentials, and how cybersecurity is integral to their success.
SCAN Health Plan, a Medicare Advantage insurer known for its focus on older adults, is debuting a plan designed for LGBTQ+ seniors, a group the organization claimed has “typically been overlooked and underserved by our healthcare system.”
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has approved Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration initiatives in Arizona that will help the state take aim at health-related social needs.
MultiPlan CIO Michael Kim explains how competitors Aetna, Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealthcare formed the alliance to unlock blockchain’s healthcare potential.
Anthem has been accused of not verifying the accuracy of diagnosis codes it submitted when seeking reimbursements over a four-year span, and a federal judge has now ordered the insurer to face a lawsuit from the U.S. government. The suit alleges that the supposedly inaccurate diagnosis data allowed Anthem to collect tens of millions of […]
Medicare Advantage star ratings are expected to decline in this year’s annual ranking of the private Part C and D plans. Star ratings are expected out today. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has said it would release the star ratings “on or about October 6.”
Jane Myles, Curebase VP of clinical trial innovation, explains the pros of decentralized clinical trials and being creative to remove obstacles to access.
CommonSpirit Health, the large 142-hospital system, has suffered what the health system called an “IT security incident.” The incident is impacting some of CommonSpirit’s facilities and some patient appointments have been rescheduled, according to the health system.