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Humana to provide in-home primary care through CenterWell business
CenterWell Senior Primary Care, a Humana-owned primary care business focused on seniors, said this week it will start offering in-home primary care services to seniors who seek care at certain facilities in Louisiana and Georgia.
The new program, Prima…
HHS proposes minimum staffing standards for nursing homes
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has issued a proposed rule that seeks to establish comprehensive staffing requirements for nursing homes – including, for the first time, national…
CMS prods states to examine auto-renewal as possible cause of Medicaid disenrollments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent a letter to Medicaid directors in all 50 states directing them to determine whether they have an eligibility systems issue that could cause people, especially children, to be disenrolled from Medi…
Emergency medicine physicians top list of most burned-out specialties
As the demands of the medical field continue to intensify, physicians practicing in some specialties find themselves grappling with the harrowing consequences of excessive stress, long hours and emotional exhaustion – and this burnout is having an effe…
Almost 80% of healthcare organizations experienced cyber incidents in the past year
More than three quarters (78%) of respondents to a new Claroty survey experienced a minimum of one cybersecurity incident over the last year, which impacted a broad range of asset types, including IT systems, sensitive data, medical devices and buil…
AHA presses CMS to do more on cost sharing, junk plans
The American Hospital Association has lauded efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to limit short-term “junk” health plans, but is pressing the agency to do more on the issue of unaffordable cost sharing, “even in ACA compliant heal…
Highmark Health logs $13.6B in revenue in the first half
Citing strong performance from its business units, Highmark Health said it logged $13.6 billion in revenue during the first half of 2023, as well as an operating gain of $230 million and net income of $389 million.
The nonprofit Blues insurer attribute…
Healthcare executives’ worries about talent retention, recession beginning to ease
In assessing the biggest risks to their business, most healthcare executives say that the risk landscape is starting to ease, with recessionary fears not as prevalent as they once were and the overall picture improving for talent acquisition and retent…
Humana eyes kidney disease in 13-state Interwell Health partnership
A new partnership between Humana and kidney care management company Interwell Health will result in a new value-based care agreement in 13 states for most Humana Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO members living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well a…
Texas Medical Association succeeds in new legal challenge to No Surprises Act
The Texas Medical Association has once again prevailed in a legal challenge to President Biden’s No Surprises Act, with a Texas judge ruling to vacate several regulations involving payment dispute resolutions between some out-of-network providers, grou…
