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Hospital CFO one of three charged with $15M fraud scheme
The former Chief Financial Officer of a Chicago hospital schemed with a colleague and the owner of a medical supply company to embezzle more than $15 million in hospital funds, according to a superseding indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Ch…
Cityblock, Alliance Health partner on behavioral health
Cityblock, a value-based healthcare provider for Medicaid and dually eligible beneficiaries, is entering into a partnership with Alliance Health, a managed care organization responsible for 137,000 Medicaid-eligible members across North Carolina.
SCOTUS’ overturning of Chevron to have credit effects in healthcare
When the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine on June 28, it ended the mandate that federal courts should defer to federal agencies’ interpretations when deciding on ambiguous statutes – which diminishes agency authority and shifts power to th…
Patients less likely to seek virtual behavioral care when paying out-of-pocket
Patients in high deductible health plans are less likely to seek telemental health visits when required to pay out-of-pocket, according to an Included Health and Harvard Medical School study published in JAMA Network Open.
Blue Shield of California expands Wellvolution with new programs
Blue Shield of California’s Wellvolution, the insurer’s digital health platform, has added three new programs to its offerings, ranging from behavioral health to diabetes management.
As part of Wellvolution’s continued expansion, Ciba, Digbi and Wondr …
Fewer adults delaying care, RWJF study finds
Fewer people have been delaying care, and in 2022 the number of those foregoing medical care declined by about 5 million from the levels seen in 2019, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Johns Hopkins offering free tuition for low-income earners
At Johns Hopkins University, medical school will be free for students earning less than $300,000 a year due to a $1 billion donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The donation is also expected to increase financial aid for students at its schools of n…
University of California, UCSF reach agreement on purchase of Dignity hospitals
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement agreement this week reached by The Regents of the University of California and UCSF Health regarding their $100 million purchase of Dignity Health’s two San Francisco hospitals, St. Mary’s Me…
Federal court nixes HHS’ LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination rule
In a preliminary injunction last week, a federal judge in Mississippi has ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services’ antidiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ patients cannot be enforced. The ruling cited the Supreme Court’s recent overtur…
Texas court stalls FTC noncompete ban
A Texas federal court last week issued a preliminary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban, which if implemented would allow existing noncompete arrangements for senior executives to remain in effect, but would bar employers …
