AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, a specialty home delivery pharmacy owned by Walgreens, will be rebranding this summer as AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy, reflecting Walgreens’ full ownership of the service, which was announced in January. AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy CEO Joel Wright said via statement that while the name is changing, the service itself should remain largely the same.
Blue Shield of California and Walgreens Health are expanding access to in-person and virtual care options through the launch of 12 new Walgreens Health Corner locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County.
Intermountain Healthcare, headquartered in Salt Lake City, and Colorado-based SCL Health, have finalized their merger after getting official approval from the Colorado attorney general’s office. The AG’s office issued an opinion allowing the merger to proceed.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services yesterday released 2023 Medicare Advantage capitation rates and Parts C and D payment policies, and it has drawn reaction from insurer group AHIP, which praised the administration for promoting innovation and flexibility but expressed concerns over potentially “unworkable” policies.
The Treasury Department is releasing a proposed rule to fix a problem in the Affordable Care Act called the “family glitch,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in a press briefing that included former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to gauge the effect that an increase in telehealth utilization is having on the care quality experienced by Medicaid beneficiaries. The GAO cited statistics showing usage continues to rise.
UCare, a nonprofit health plan serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin, has tapped healthcare guidance and transparency technology company HealthSparq on a price transparency solution months before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule goes into effect for payers.. The partnership is to give members more personalized and accurate cost estimates for healthcare services for […]