The merger between Lightbeam and CareSignal aims to help more health systems improve patient engagement and population health, according to Lightbeam Health Solutions President Jerry Shultz and CareSignal CEO Blake Marggraff.
Aetna will now be in the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges in 12 states after adding four more states to that total, the insurer said. California, Delaware, Illinois and New Jersey have been added to Aetna’s slate for the 2023 plan year, joining Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, Texas and Virginia. The CVS Health […]
Unsealed brief in the Department of Justice’s case against the UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare merger solidify arguments on both sides in the antitrust case.
Between 2010 and 2021, 136 rural hospitals closed, according to the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center. Nineteen of these closures occurred in 2020, the most of any year in the past decade.
Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bryan Cutler explains how the state works to improve patient outcomes and rise to post-pandemic challenges.
Physician firm Envision Healthcare has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare over the insurer’s denied claims, sparking a countersuit from UHC, which claimed Envision fraudulently upcoded claims for services provided to UHC members.
Quality can go a long way in determining if a consumer is willing to pay more for their healthcare, as indicated by new survey responses published by revenue cycle company AKASA. Out of more than 2,000 respondents, the survey found that 57% would pay more for higher quality of care. Out of all categories in […]
The Department of Homeland Security has finalized a rule ensuring that noncitizens won’t have their legal status affected if they receive health benefits including Medicaid, reversing a previous Trump-era “public charge” regulation.
More than two nurses were assaulted every hour on average in the second quarter of this year, translating to roughly 57 assaults per day, 1,739 assaults per month and 5,217 assaults per quarter, according to new data released by Press Ganey. The findings are based on an analysis of 483 facilities in Press Ganey’s national […]
Bob Katter, president of First Databank, explains how the FDB Vela electronic prescribing network can improve contracting and access for clinicians and pharmacies.