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HHS: People with Medicaid, CHIP now eligible for postpartum coverage
Beginning late last week, the Biden Administration extended postpartum healthcare coverage to as many as 720,000 pregnant and postpartum people across the U.S., who are now assured Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for a …
Patients struggle with aspects of rural healthcare despite high satisfaction
More than 90% of patients in a new survey say they’re satisfied with the service provided by local healthcare providers, but they’re frustrated with certain aspects of their care, including wait times and price transparency.
CVS Health strikes $484 million opioid settlement with Florida
CVS Health has entered into an agreement with the State of Florida to pay the state $484 million to resolve claims dating back more than a decade related to prescriptions for opioid medications that were filled at Florida CVS Pharmacy locations.
Hospital operating margins continued to struggle during first quarter
Operating margins at hospitals and health systems have been hit hard by the pandemic, and the Omicron surge was an additional setback as the healthcare industry continued to struggle at the beginning of the year.
AHA urges FTC, Justice Department to update merger guidelines
The American Hospital Association is prompting the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice to update its merger guidelines, in response to a request by the two federal agencies for comments and suggestions on how to overhaul the mer…
AHA launches health equity roadmap to reduce barriers to health
The American Hospital Association has launched what it calls the Health Equity Roadmap, a framework meant to provide customized resources and action plans for health systems looking to become more equitable and eliminate structural barriers to health.
More than 50 women placed on healthcare boards by gender equality program
“Break into the Boardroom,” a program designed to promote greater representation of female healthcare executives in corporate boardrooms, has identified and trained more than 220 women healthcare leaders and helped place 56 of its alumni and program af…
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum to buy LHC group to expand home healthcare presence
UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum will combine with in-home healthcare service provider LHC Group, with UHG purchasing the latter for about $5.4 billion.
LHC provides healthcare services in the home for a demographic of mostly older patients dealing …
Cap on insulin costs would benefit patients in individual, small group plans
There are several legislative proposals in Congress, some stalled and some nascent, that would propose a $35 per-month cap on what insured Americans would pay out-of-pocket for insulin – and this cap in costs would benefit about 25% of those on individ…
Appeals court overturns ruling on behavioral health coverage for UnitedHealth Group
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit recently sided with United Behavioral Health in a decision reversing a lower court ruling ordering the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary to reprocess thousands of claims for mental health coverage.
In 2019, pla…
