Dr. Ben Zaniello, chief medical officer of PointClickCare, explains three pathways to consider to achieve whole person care and shares his personal experiences engaging SDOH on post-acute care coordination.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, run by Kaiser Permanente, and the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) have reached a $200 million settlement agreement to make significant changes to the plan’s delivery of behavioral healthcare services. The settlement agreement includes a $50 million fine and requires Kaiser Permanente to take corrective action to address deficiencies […]
Hospitals and health systems have been under extreme financial pressure since 2022, when median operating margins remained in negative territory for the full year. And while the picture has improved somewhat this year, these challenges spurred about a third of the hospital and health system merger and acquisition activity in the third quarter.
Essential hospitals – more than 300 of the nation’s largest safety net providers and about 5% of all U.S. acute-care hospitals – provided more than a quarter of all charity care nationally in 2021, but charity and other uncompensated care left these hospitals in the red, according to a new report from America’s Essential Hospitals. […]
Kaiser Permanente labor unions representing 85,000 healthcare workers reached a tentative agreement with the health system Friday across seven states and the District of Columbia. Both sides credited Acting Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su in reaching an agreement. Su was there in person for the deal reached in San Francisco. WHY THIS MATTERS
Neuroglee’s cognitive care at home technology helps patients get the right care plan, says founder and CEO Aniket Singh Rajput.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the Medicare Advantage, Part C and Medicare Part D Star Ratings that rank MA plans by the quality of health and drug services received by consumers. Thirty-one contracts for both Medicare Advantage and the Part D drug plan earned 5 stars, compared to 57 in 2023.
Twenty-three critical access hospitals have come together to form a rural clinically integrated network.
TEFCA implementation and FHIR standards need to address effectiveness and expense issues, say FAST cochairs Deepak Sadagopan and Duncan Weatherston.
With subsidiary Optum leading the way, UnitedHealth Group posted $5.8 billion in profit for the third quarter, a slight increase over last year’s Q3 figure, and raked in $92.4 billion in revenue, a 14% increase over the year prior, according to the latest earnings report.