CVS Health is altering how it reimburses pharmacies for prescription medications through a new model called CostVantage, which the company promised would evolve the traditional reimbursement model and provide more simplicity and transparency.
Racism and discrimination is unfortunately still a common occurrence in many settings, including in healthcare. A new KFF survey shows that many Hispanic, Black, Asian, and American Indian and Alaska Native adults in the U.S. believe they must modify both their mindset and the way they look to stave off potential mistreatment during healthcare visits.
Moody’s Investors Service expects an increase in healthcare borrowing defaults in 2024 versus 2023, as more ratings migrate toward the lower-end of the credit spectrum.
Blue Shield of California members may have had their data exposed during a data breach that occurred in late November, the insurer has revealed.
Physicians need to critically assess the recommendations of AI to understand whether it’s picking up patterns in data or has made a mistake, says Jeremy Petch, director of digital health innovation at Hamilton Health Sciences, who is speaking at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.
CarelonRx, Elevance Health’s pharmacy benefit manager, is seeking to make it easier for patients to track prescriptions through the launch of a new digital pharmacy. Dubbed CarelonRx Pharmacy, the digital pharmacy will launch on January 1, 2024 and will allow members to engage with pharmacists via text, chat, or phone 24/7, compare costs of medications, […]
Rion is working with the Mayo Clinic and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute to heal those who have suffered acute lung injury, says CEO and cofounder Dr. Atta Behfar.
In an effort to improve patient safety, the American Hospital Association is planning to give hospitals more data and tools through a new national initiative – one that promises to aggregate insights on safety improvement efforts at a national scale. Through the new Patient Safety Initiative, the AHA plans to give hospitals a platform and […]
When American Medical Association President Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld takes the stage in San Diego this month during the HIMSS’ AI in Healthcare Forum, he brings AMA principles for augmented intelligence development, deployment and use that were worked out as he began his tenure leading the national physician organization.
Highmark Health has reported $20.3 billion in revenue, an operating gain of $406 million and net income of $431 million through the first nine months of this year, noting that revenue has grown about 4% over last year.