The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the mental and behavioral health needs of many Americans, and with social isolation rampant during that time, particular focus was trained on the health effects that can result from prolonged bouts of loneliness. Yet even with this new knowledge, loneliness doesn’t have its own ICD code, so being reimbursed for treating […]
Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of Cigna, has announced a new strategic partnership with CarepathRx Health System Solutions (CHSS) with the goal of combining Evernorth’s specialty and care expertise with CHSS’ pharmacy and infusion management capabilities and tech solutions. The move is an effort to expand and accelerate pharmacy care delivery for patients with chronic […]
Excitement around artificial intelligence has grown in the last five months, but there’s a big evidence gap between what AI is hyped to do and what it is actually doing to make a difference in impacting positive patient outcomes, according to Dr. Vincent Liu, principal investigator for the Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI) […]
Better underwriting and pricing will make the market more consistent and insurable, says John Menefee of Travelers Bond and Specialty Insurance.
The challenge is the administrative burden on providers because there are no agreed-upon standards and measures, say Inovalon SVPs Kristopher Volrath and Karly Rowe.
Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, has submitted an all-cash proposal to the Board of Directors of Amedisys in a bid to combine with the home health, hospice and high-acuity care provider in a transaction estimated at $3.26 billion. The $100 per share all-cash transaction represents a 26% premium over Amedisys’ most recent closing share […]
States have begun to unwind the COVID-19 emergency continuous enrollment provision and resumed Medicaid disenrollments, and early data shows that more than half a million enrollees have already been disenrolled, with close to 250,000 in Florida alone.
In a collaboration with AT&T, the Cherish device is on when it’s plugged in, with no app to download or password needed, says CEO and founder Sumit Nagpal.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning can be applied to dense clinical data to outline the correct care path for an individual and then for populations, says John Gaines, VP of marketing at Cohere Health.
Better data helps providers, payers and patients, said Eric Demers, CEO of Madaket, which aims to take waste out of healthcare administration. More data allows for greater digitization of patient information and there’s now an emphasis to use real-time accurate data in the revenue cycle and on the finance side, he said.