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Cityblock, Centene form primary care partnership in Florida
Medicaid value-based primary care company Cityblock is teaming with Florida-based Sunshine Health, a Centene subsidiary, to provide primary care and care coordination services to high-need, hard-to-reach Medicaid members in 11 Central Florida counties….
Optum Rx pharmacy pricing model aims for transparency
A new pharmacy model from Optum Rx called Clear Trend Guarantee is seeking to increase transparency around drug costs for members.
The pharmacy services arm of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Optum Rx is promising that its price-centered offering will offe…
Mental health inequities resulting in billions in expenses, Deloitte finds
Mental health inequities may not only harm individuals but also hinder economic prosperity.
A new Deloitte analysis projects mental health inequities could total about $478 billion in avoidable costs throughout the rest of this year.
Cleveland Clinic to pay $7.6 million after False Claims Act allegation
The Cleveland Clinic is paying $7.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting federal grant applications and progress reports to the National Institutes of Health that failed to disclose information about a key …
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.
