Centene Corporation has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Magellan Specialty Health to Evolent Health.
Rob Allen, Intermountain Healthcare’s long-standing chief operating officer, will become the health system’s new CEO and president on December 1.
Provider burnout has been an issue in healthcare for years, but is the picture starting to improve? We’ll examine that and other timely topics in this week’s Top Stories, including Amazon’s launch of a new virtual healthcare service, and the extension of the COVID-19 public health emergency. For more news and features featuring Jeff Lagasse, […]
MDLive, a subsidiary of Evernorth, will be expanding its virtual primary care program in an effort to enhance support for those living with chronic conditions, the company announced this week. Evernorth itself is a subsidiary of insurer Cigna.
The partnership seeks companies to scale up to focus on digital care for children, according to Redesign Health head of enterprise growth Brenda Schmidt.
This week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) introduced The PACE Part D Choice Act, which seeks to eliminate a significant financial disincentive for Medicare-only beneficiaries to enroll in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE.
Oscar Miranda, CTO for healthcare at Armis, discusses the intersection of risk and compliance in healthcare cybersecurity and its effect on IT teams.
Humana is continuing to expand its CenterWell Senior Primary Care clinics. In 2023, CenterWell will open in new markets including Indiana, Mississippi and Virginia, and expand clinics in seven other states where centers already exists. CenterWell intends to open 30 to 35 new senior-focused primary centers in 2023 through a joint venture with private equity firm […]
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization that advocates for patient safety in hospitals, has released the fall 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade results, showing an overall reduction in never events and progress on stemming healthcare-associated infections.
Eleven Democratic senators have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking the federal government to enact stronger consumer protections for Medicare Advantage in light of their concern over marketing practices for the program.