Health insurer Anthem, which will switch its branding to Elevance Health on June 28, has partnered with Happify Health to digitally address the physical and mental health of women. Anthem framed the move as a means of supporting women through their maternal health journey through solutions such as ongoing education, case management and care coordination. […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, is investing close to $15 million in 29 organizations in rural communities to address psychostimulant misuse and related overdose deaths. 

Jamie Reedy, Summit Health’s chief of population health explains how the company’s data strategy supports Medicare ACOs and over 30 value-based contracts.

Hospitals will experience a slowing of inpatient admissions but an increase in the length of adult inpatient stays, the latter being fueled in part by long COVID-19 and a rise in chronic conditions, according to a new report from Vizient and its subsidiary Sg2. 

A policy that would cap cost sharing at $5,000 for traditional Medicare would reduce cost sharing for enrollees with the greatest healthcare needs by about 53%, according to data published this week by the Urban Institute.

The American Hospital Association supports the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal to delay the January 2023 start of the Radiation Oncology Model to a date determined through future rulemaking, the association told the agency today.

Mitre’s chief digital health physician, Dr. Brian Anderson, explains the process of developing SMART Health Cards.  

The Cleveland Clinic’s virtual second opinions program has led to avoidable costs for misdiagnosis of about $65 million annually. This is an estimated $65 million saved per 100,000 health plan members, said Frank McGillin, CEO of The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic. Typically, the virtual second opinion is a premium benefit health plans are offering, he […]

Insurer group AHIP has come out in favor of a proposed rule from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service to tweak a “family glitch” in the Affordable Care Act, provided health plans receive timely guidance on the requirements.

Loneliness: It was a widespread problem in the U.S. before the pandemic, but COVID-19 made it worse, forcing people into isolation and social distancing protocols. It’s been one of the biggest motivators behind the push for increased access to mental health services, and a new poll from Morning Consult and Cigna shows more than half […]