While 50% of adults with a behavioral condition do not receive treatment, a robust ecosystem inclusive of early identification, along with personalized care pathways with patient to provider matching, can result in improved outcomes, according to new r…

Artificial intelligence has a new use case in healthcare. What is it, exactly? We’ll shine a light on that and other new in this week’s Top Stories, including a look at Medicaid disenrollments and Apple’s new Watch update.
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A federal judge in St. Louis has issued a preliminary injunction that effectively bars former Cigna executive Amy Bricker from working for CVS Health. Meanwhile, a lawsuit over her non-compete clause is set to move forward.

Unaffordable medical bills, higher deductible health plans, and confusing billing statements have caused an increase in physical and mental health issues for a majority of insured Americans, according to a new study from Health Payment Systems and PayM…

Nearly eight in 10 employers consider drug prices, high-cost claims and hospital prices a significant threat to the affordability of employer-provided health coverage for employees and their families, and high-cost claims are rising, especially among y…

A new survey from Premier has found that 40% of healthcare workers have experienced at least one incident of workplace violence within the past two years, with the violence occuring most frequently among nursing staff at the hands of men between 35-65….

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 c…

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 e…

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.
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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.