The United Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UnitedHealth Group, is making a $100 million commitment over 10 years to advance health equity, in what it framed as a continuation of its efforts to eliminate health disparities. The new commitment was announced today at the Social Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C., by Patricia L. Lewis, […]
A number of pharmaceutical groups have come out in favor of the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to launch an inquiry into the business practices of the nation’s six largest pharmacy benefit managers, in order to scrutinize their impact on the access and affordability of prescription drugs.
In the next three years the country plans to be “best in the world” at using IT to boost health outcomes, according to Maria Hassel of the Swedish eHealth.
The Federal Trade Commission is requiring the six largest pharmacy benefit managers to provide information and records regarding their business practices. The agency is launching an inquiry into what it called the prescription drug middleman industry to scrutinize the impa
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.