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Enrollees largely unaware of Medicaid redetermination process
States kept people continuously enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic in exchange for enhanced federal funding, but continuous enrollment ended on March 31, and over the coming months states will redetermine eligibility for enrollees and di…
Ohio nurses push for safe staffing ratios in ‘Code Red’ campaign
Nurse staffing shortages have been a challenge in healthcare for years, and was only made worse by the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to staffing issues that are still pervasive in the state, the Ohio Nurses Association has launched an…
Florence acquires telehealth platform Zipnosis from Bright Health
Healthcare enablement software company Florence, which focuses largely on workflow automation, has acquired Zipnosis, an asynchronous-first virtual care solution, in what it said was an all-cash deal, although the financial terms were not disclosed.
Fl…
Commercial payers delay paying out claims to providers
Hospitals and health systems were optimistic about their financial performance to start the year, figuring that revenue and profit margins would rebound after a tough few years.
Expanded coverage for weight loss drugs could cost Medicare billions
There’s an increasing buzz among patients for GLP-1 weight loss drugs, such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, but if patient demand continues to grow and Medicare expanded its coverage in response, it could cost the federal program between $13.6 an…
Uninsured rate on the decline, according to government data
Data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) shows that the uninsured rate in the U.S. is on the decline, with about 27.6 million people of all ages (8.4%) uninsured last year – down from the 30 million (9.2%) people who were uninsured in…
Top Stories: Patient information exposed in PharMerica breach
A long-term care pharmacy company has been hit with a data breach. How bad was it? We’ll assess the damage and look at other big news in this week’s Top Stories, including the fate of CVS’ clinical trials business and the latest on a digital menopause …
Insurers likely to pay $1.1 billion in rebates this fall
Health insurers will have to pay roughly $1.1 billion in rebates this fall, thanks in part to decreased healthcare utilization as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Medicare for All bill revived by House and Senate progressives
Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressives in the House and Senate have resurrected a Medicare for All bill that would seek to use the federal program as a springboard to a single-payer health system.
Sanders (I-Vermont) was joined by Representative…
CA governor signs bill allocating $150M to struggling hospitals
California Governor Gavin Newsom, with the support of the California Legislature, signed a bill this week creating a new $150 million Distressed Hospital Loan Program to provide zero-interest cash flow loans to nonprofit or public hospitals experiencin…
