About 253,000 parents have gained access to 12 months of postpartum coverage through Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program extensions, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. It’s part of the current administration’s push to address maternal mortality and morbidity.
CVS Health will be expanding its Project Health program, which provides free, community-based health screenings, by moving into two new geographic regions – Las Vegas, Nevada and Richmond, Virginia.
Total 2023 payments to all end-stage renal disease facilities would increase 3.1%, compared with 2022, under the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System proposed rule that the Centers for Medicare and Med
Forty percent of employees responding to a new survey from Willis Towers Watson said they deferred medical care over the past year, including 28% who delayed or canceled a medical procedure or appointment. At the same time, 17% failed to fill at least one prescription, while 20% said their healthcare provider delayed or canceled a […]
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has sided with a health plan over its coverage for outpatient dialysis services. Major dialysis service provider DaVita had sued the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan claiming its limited coverage violated the statute.
Provider compensation increased in 2021 as the volume of services rose again to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from AMGA Consulting (American Medical Group Association).
Castell’s chief analytics officer Andrew Sorenson discusses the wider applications of value based care for providers.
Health Services firm Optum UK, a subsidiary of UnitedHeath Group, will acquire U.K.-based healthcare technology company EMIS for about $1.51 billion, the latter has announced.
There are significant inaccuracies in Medicare data on race and ethnicity, which is especially troublesome given that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to collect such data from providers and payers, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General.