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Top Stories: Mount Sinai develops AI for electrocardiograms
Artificial intelligence has a new use case in healthcare. What is it, exactly? We’ll shine a light on that and other new in this week’s Top Stories, including a look at Medicaid disenrollments and Apple’s new Watch update.
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Injunction keeps ex-Cigna exec Bricker from joining CVS
A federal judge in St. Louis has issued a preliminary injunction that effectively bars former Cigna executive Amy Bricker from working for CVS Health. Meanwhile, a lawsuit over her non-compete clause is set to move forward.
Paying for healthcare creates mental and financial health concerns
Unaffordable medical bills, higher deductible health plans, and confusing billing statements have caused an increase in physical and mental health issues for a majority of insured Americans, according to a new study from Health Payment Systems and PayM…
High-cost claims on the rise, especially among youth
Nearly eight in 10 employers consider drug prices, high-cost claims and hospital prices a significant threat to the affordability of employer-provided health coverage for employees and their families, and high-cost claims are rising, especially among y…
40% of healthcare workers experienced workplace violence in the last two years
A new survey from Premier has found that 40% of healthcare workers have experienced at least one incident of workplace violence within the past two years, with the violence occuring most frequently among nursing staff at the hands of men between 35-65….
Evernorth, CarepathRx form partnership on specialty care
Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of Cigna, has announced a new strategic partnership with CarepathRx Health System Solutions (CHSS) with the goal of combining Evernorth’s specialty and care expertise with CHSS’ pharmacy and infusion management c…
ICD codes needed for loneliness to curb epidemic
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the mental and behavioral health needs of many Americans, and with social isolation rampant during that time, particular focus was trained on the health effects that can result from prolonged bouts of loneliness. Yet e…
Optum looks to combine with home health and hospice outfit Amedisys
Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, has submitted an all-cash proposal to the Board of Directors of Amedisys in a bid to combine with the home health, hospice and high-acuity care provider in a transaction estimated at $3.26 billion.
The $100 pe…
More than half a million already disenrolled during Medicaid redeterminations
States have begun to unwind the COVID-19 emergency continuous enrollment provision and resumed Medicaid disenrollments, and early data shows that more than half a million enrollees have already been disenrolled, with close to 250,000 in Florida alone.
Friday Health Plans placed into receivership in Georgia
Friday Health Plans of Georgia will be placed into receivership due to its reported insolvency and inability to raise additional funds from outside investors, according to the state’s Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire.
