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$39.4M earmarked for grants addressing SUD, mental health
Funding opportunities for grant programs addressing behavioral health are being made available by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to the tune of $39.4 mil…
Regulators reviewing UnitedHealth’s $3.7B Amedisys acquisition
Regulators in Oregon are investigating a pending deal that would see UnitedHealth Group’s Optum subsidiary acquire home health provider Amedisys for an estimated $3.7 billion, with the regulators saying in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing th…
Highmark Health revenue grows 5%, hits $27.1B in Q4
In a 5% year-over-year increase, Highmark Health reported $27.1 billion in revenue, an operating gain of $338 million, and a net income of $533 million in 2023.
The organization attributed the results to its insurance business units, notably Highmark H…
CDC releases guide to minimize healthcare worker burnout
As part of the first federal campaign to address healthcare worker burnout, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released an evidence-based guide for hospital leaders to impr…
Elevance PBM CarelonRx to buy Kroger specialty pharmacy business
Grocer The Kroger Co. has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its specialty pharmacy business to CarelonRx, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, the companies said this week.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Medicare households spend more on healthcare, report finds
Those in Medicare households spend more on healthcare than those in other households – about twice as much, in fact, according to a new KFF analysis.
HHS seeks input from payers on Change cyberattack response
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm convened a meeting of payers on Monday to discuss actions they could take to mitigate the harm caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
Drug expenses, cost sharing spike Massachusetts health spending
Total Health Care Expenditures (THCE) in Massachusetts totaled $71.7 billion in 2022, and from 2021 to 2022, THCE per capita increased 5.8% to $10,264 per resident – far above the national rate of 4.1%, according to a new report from the Center for Hea…
Lower reimbursement linked to sagging margins, healthcare CFOs say
Eighty four percent of health systems cite lower reimbursement from payers as a top cause of low operating margins, according to a report published by the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Eliciting Insights, a healthcare strategy and mar…
Children’s Hospital Colorado creates analytics resource center
ORLANDO – If there’s a lesson to be learned regarding healthcare analytics, it’s that it pays to have a good handle on the data.
That was the mandate at Children’s Hospital Colorado, which serves children from a seven-state region. This means that shep…
