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UnitedHealthcare, HCA Healthcare resolve contract dispute
After months of negotiations, a contract dispute between UnitedHealthcare and HCA Healthcare has been resolved, with the two parties coming to an agreement hours before a September 1 deadline that would have interrupted network coverage in Texas, New H…
St. Peter’s Health paying $10.8 million over alleged false claims
St. Peter’s Health, based out of Helena, Montana, will pay about $10.8 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it fraudulently submitted claims to federal healthcare programs for services performed by an oncology doctor.
Highmark pulls in $14.7B in revenue during first 6 months
Highmark Health pulled in $14.7 billion in revenue, an operating gain of $307 million, and net income of $417 million during the first six months of this year – performance the company largely attributed to its insurance businesses.
Those business unit…
Philanthropist donates $120 million to UCLA for new research center
UCLA has received a $120 million commitment from surgeon, inventor and philanthropist Dr. Gary Michelson and his wife, Alya, to kick-start the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, a public-private partnership aimed at spurring breakth…
Philanthropist donates $120 million to UCLA for new research center
UCLA has received a $120 million commitment from surgeon, inventor and philanthropist Dr. Gary Michelson and his wife, Alya, to kick-start the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, a public-private partnership aimed at spurring breakth…
McLaren operations restored after August cyberattack
Michigan-based McLaren Health Care’s information technology platforms have been restored following a cyberattack that occurred earlier this month, with the restoration completed ahead of schedule, officials said. Administrative functions are now fully …
Patients see narrow networks in ACA marketplace plans, KFF finds
On average, Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollees had access to 40% of the doctors near their home through their plan’s network, with considerable variation around the average, according to a new KFF analysis.
HHS appeals hospital website tracking ruling
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has appealed a court ruling, handed down in June, that blocked the agency’s ability to prohibit hospital websites from using consumer-tracking technology.
White House to award $100 million to healthcare Navigators
The White House, in an election year push, awarded a new round of $100 million to organizations deemed “vital” to helping underserved communities, consumers, and small businesses enroll in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage.
The Centers for Medic…
State AGs greenlight Northwell, Nuvance merger
Attorneys general from Connecticut and New York have given their blessing to a 28-hospital merger proposed by Northwell Health and Nuvance Health that would establish a roughly $18 billion integrated health system.
