The Purchaser Business Group on Health has announced a new, primary care agreement with five large payer organizations and a provider serving California.
Acute and behavioral hospital operator Universal Health Services saw higher revenue in the second quarter but a much lower profit, with profits dipping by half compared to its quarterly performance in Q2 2021, according to financial documents released by the company this week.
Mark Martin, vice president of product management for Availity, discusses how the company employs AI and machine learning to assist providers and payers in streamlining referrals, approvals and claims management.
In another round of divestitures, Centene will be selling off its Spanish and central European businesses to French hospital operator Vivalto Santé for an undisclosed sum, in a transaction expected to close before the end of the year.
Confidence in the security and confidentiality of personal health information is beginning to erode, if the results of a new survey are any indication. Released by the American Medical Association, it showed that more than 92% of patients believe privacy is a right, and their health data should not be available for purchase.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare industry have been profound, resulting in shifting profit pools, spikes in innovation, and the creation of new business models, while diversification and vertical integration are likely to accelerate in the pandemic’s wake.
If the enhanced subsidies on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges were extended on a permanent basis, there would be just shy of 5 million new signups annually, according to a letter sent to the Senate Finance Committee by the Congressional Budget Office.
Dr. Joel Diamond of 2bPrecise talks about precision medicine moving into the mainstream, including pharmacogenomics in primary care and genetic insights for specialty care.
The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the declaration on Saturday, the day after United States health officials said the Department of Health and Human Services is considering its own public health emergency for monkeypox.
Existing diabetes quality metrics do not currently help patients improve their health and diabetes quality measurement must be improved through the adoption of new measures and modernization, according to a June report published in Health Affairs.