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Quantum Health makes push to streamline pharmacy navigation
Healthcare navigation and care coordination company Quantum Health has expanded its specialty pharmacy services with a new Premier Pharmacy navigation offering aimed at employers.
Premier Pharmacy leverages the expertise of an in-house clinical pharmac…
Mayo Clinic, Mercy partner to de-identify clinical data
Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic and St. Louis-based Mercy have formed a partnership in which the two organizations will de-identify patient data as they search for new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent disease.
Children’s Health and UT Southwestern receive $100 million for pediatric campus
Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center have announced a gift of $100 million from the Jean and Mack Pogue family in support of the new $5 billion Dallas pediatric campus that was unveiled earlier this year.
The gift from the Pogue Foundat…
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…
