An estimated 130 ACOs are expected to participate in the five-year voluntary ACO Primary Care Flex Model that kicks off on January 1, 2025, says David Morris, EVP at Cedar Gate Technologies.
Medicare Advantage is in an awkward place. On the one hand, the alternative to traditional Medicare is still popular among consumers, who have been lured by the promises of lower out-of-pocket costs and increased supplemental benefits.
The direct messaging network involves 300,000 organizations exchanging a billion transactions a year, says Scott Stuewe, president and CEO of DirectTrust.
The Centene Foundation, Centene’s philanthropic arm, is teaming with affordable housing developer McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS) on a multiyear partnership to construct new affordable housing communities in eight states. Under the partnership, the Foundation will provide below market-rate loans to support MBS’ pre-development design and planning work, leading to the construction of affordable housing in […]
When it comes to bill pay, digital tools can provide a customized way to communicate with individual patients, says Ryne Natzke, chief revenue officer at TrustCommerce, a Sphere company.
Lightbeam Health Solutions, which specializes in technology for population health, has announced a partnership with AHIP, America’s Health Insurance Plans.
Highmark is laying off 98 people, with all but three of the jobs at enGen, an information technology subsidiary, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The job cuts were reportedly spurred by improved operating efficiencies.
The American Health Care Association and other groups representing nursing homes have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services to block staffing mandates. The lawsuit was brought in federal court in the Northern District of Texas on Thursday by the American Health Care Association, the Texas Health Care Association, Arbrook Plaza, […]
These clinical and math models are a cheaper, faster and safer way to enhance treatment, says Thierry Marchal of Ansys and researcher María Angeles Pérez.
Compensation climbed for physicians year-over-year, due to increases in productivity and the use of AI, according to a new MGMA report. Physicians are being pushed towards higher productivity than during the pandemic-rebound years of 2021 and 2022, as providers continue to recover from economic and staffing challenges, the report said.