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Lawmakers push for payment reform for primary care
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have introduced legislation, the Pay PCPs Act, to better support and improve pay for high-quality primary care providers by reforming how they get paid through Medicare.
The lawmakers …
Babyscripts, Lyft partner on maternal health transportation
Babyscripts, a virtual maternity care program for managing obstetrics, is collaborating with Lyft Healthcare to provide sponsored rides to and from doctor appointments for transportation-insecure maternity patients via Lyft Pass.
The collaboration is s…
Insurers paid hospitals 254% of what Medicare would pay in 2022
Prices paid to hospitals by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services in 2022 averaged 254% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states, according to a new RAND report.
Jim Rechtin to become Humana CEO on July 1
Jim Rechtin will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of Humana effective July 1, the insurer announced this week.
Rechtin joined Humana in January as part of a long-planned CEO transition. Since then, he has worked in close partner…
Medicare Advantage two-midnight rule contributing to higher outpatient revenues
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ January expansion of the two-midnight rule to include Medicare Advantage plans has contributed to higher inpatient volumes and revenue growth in the first quarter of the year, according to a Strata Decisi…
Senators push VA to renegotiate Oracle contract
Three members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to push for stronger accountability provisions in its ongoing contract negotiations with Oracle Health on the Electronic Health Record Modernizati…
Construction kicks off on $231 million HCA hospital
HCA Florida Healthcare says construction is now underway on the new $231 million HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital, the latest hospital planned as part of HCA’s planned expansion across the state.
Community and hospital leaders kicked off the project Th…
DOJ unveils task force on healthcare monopolies
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the formation of the Antitrust Division’s Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion (HCMC), which will guide the division’s enforcement strategy and policy approach in healthcare.
This will include …
Ovatient deploying virtual care at partner health system
Digital health startup Ovatient, which was formed in 2022 through a partnership between Cleveland-based MetroHealth System and South Carolina-based MUSC Health, has launched a new virtual care platform aimed at MetroHealth patients.
CMS proposes mandatory organ transplant model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a new mandatory model geared at improving access for kidney transplant patients, with the goal of helping hospitals increase the quality of the transplants they perform.
The Increasing Organ T…
