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LifeSpan, Care New England merger could have significant positive economic impact
As Brown University and Rhode Island’s two largest nonprofit healthcare systems continue working toward an integrated academic health system, an independent analysis commissioned by Brown concludes that closer integration of health systems, physician p…
13.8 million people sign up for ACA plans ahead of enrollment deadline
More than 13.8 million consumers have signed up for 2022 healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces, on HealthCare.gov and state-based marketplaces. Coverage began on January 1.
Hoag, Providence to end their affiliation with blessing from California AG
Newport Beach, California-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian will officially end its affiliation with Washington-based Catholic health system Providence on January 31, a move that has the blessing of the California attorney general.
White House requiring insurers to cover at-home COVID-19 testing costs
The Biden Administration on Monday announced it is requiring insurance companies and group health plans to cover the cost of over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 tests, so people with private health coverage can get them for free starting January 15.
New York now requiring COVID-19 boosters for healthcare workers
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in the state of New York, and in response Governor Kathy Hochul said late last week that healthcare workers would be required to get a booster shot, a mandate that’s pending approval from the New Yor…
Mortality rates dip 33% after NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn merger
In-hospital mortality rates dropped by 33% at a hospital serving one of the highest Medicaid populations in the country after its 2016 merger with NYU Langone Health, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.
Humana halves 2022 Medicare Advantage enrollment outlook
Major health insurer Humana is drastically reducing its Medicare Advantage enrollment estimates for 2022 due to a large number of terminations during the last enrollment period, revealing in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that…
CMS proposed rule seeks to lower Medicare Part D prescription drug costs
In a move intended to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule Thursday updating the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs, tasking the former with be…
AMA calls CDC’s new quarantine guidelines confusing and counterproductive
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently made revisions to federal COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance, and those revisions have drawn criticism from the American Medical Association, which said this week that the new guidanc…
Centene completes acquisition of Magellan Health
Centene Corporation has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Magellan Health, thereby enabling the health insurer to provide whole-health, integrated healthcare solutions, the company said this week.
The stated goal and expectation is tha…
