The Cleveland Clinic’s virtual second opinions program has led to avoidable costs for misdiagnosis of about $65 million annually. This is an estimated $65 million saved per 100,000 health plan members, said Frank McGillin, CEO of The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic. Typically, the virtual second opinion is a premium benefit health plans are offering, he […]
Insurer group AHIP has come out in favor of a proposed rule from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service to tweak a “family glitch” in the Affordable Care Act, provided health plans receive timely guidance on the requirements.
Loneliness: It was a widespread problem in the U.S. before the pandemic, but COVID-19 made it worse, forcing people into isolation and social distancing protocols. It’s been one of the biggest motivators behind the push for increased access to mental health services, and a new poll from Morning Consult and Cigna shows more than half […]
Health insurer Humana is adding 14 states to its ongoing initiative to rebrand the home health division of Kindred at Home as CenterWell Home Health. KAH home health services have already begun transitioning to the CenterWell brand in a number of other states, with Phase 2 bringing the total up to 21 states overall.
Kyruus’s Scott Andrews and HealthSparq’s Harlan Edlin talk about improving patient engagement for organizations.
Calling the health systems rival competitors in Utah, the Federal Trade Commission has brought an administrative complaint and a lawsuit in federal court to block the proposed merger between HCA Healthcare and Steward Health Care System. The agency said the deal would eliminate the second and fourth largest healthcare systems in the Wasatch Front region, […]
The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, or Medicare Part A, which helps pay for services such as inpatient hospital care, will be able to pay scheduled benefits only until 2028, according to a new report from the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. While that’s two years later than was originally reported last […]
Cherish Health employs ambient sensing for remotely monitoring aging patients without cameras or wearables, explains Sumit Nagpal, the CEO and founder.
There is broad-based and bipartisan support for continuing telehealth flexibilities allowed during the pandemic, but so far Congressional action has been limited. Several bills have been introduced in both the House and the Senate.
In another attempt to halt a healthcare merger, the Federal Trade Commission has sued to block the acquisition of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System by RWJBarnabas Health, one of New Jersey’s largest hospital systems.