Ten months after states began the redetermination process, an estimated 16 million beneficiaries have lost Medicaid coverage, according to KFF analysis.
The Food and Drug Administration has set March 8 as the end of its emergency use authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid for adult patients, the agency has said this week. The medication is given to those considered high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.
Bicycle Health helps continue access to medications such as buprenorphine for opioid use disorder to individuals living in the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Residential Reentry Centers, says Ankit Gupta, founder and CEO of Bicycle Health.
Humana’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care will continue expanding this year, with plans to open centers in three new locations: Asheville, North Carolina, and Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. It will also add new centers in the existing markets of Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Louisville, Kentucky; Orlando, Florida; and Richmond […]
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Novant Health $320 million acquisition of two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems, saying the proposal would likely increase annual healthcare costs by several million dollars.
Physicians use a seven-day readmissions model in which they take AI risk assessment into account when discharging patients, says Luis Ahumada, director of health data science and analytics at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
Cleveland-based Medical Mutual has announced its intent to purchase Paramount Health, a Northwest Ohio-based health insurance company owned by ProMedica. Paramount, which offers Medicare Advantage, Individual ACA, commercial group and short-term insurance plans, is headquartered in Toledo and does business primarily in Ohio and Michigan. Pending regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to close by […]
Last year, Nicole Clawson of the Pennsylvania Mountain Healthcare Alliance went looking for a technology partner that could give the numerous hospitals within the system end-to-end revenue cycle management. After interviews with 15 vendors, Clawson and the team announced that the alliance would deploy FinThrive’s integrated revenue management platform in all of its 13 hospitals.
In a partnership with GED Testing Service, which administers the official GED test, Blue Shield of California Promise Health plan is offering to pay for Medicaid enrollees who wish to become high school graduates through the General Education Diploma, a measure of high school equivalency. Blue Shield Promise is the first California health plan to […]