Category: Healthcare Finance News

CDC gives $12.5M grant to Trinity Health to improve equity in diabetes

Michigan-based Trinity Health is the recipient of $12.5 million through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that aims to prevent type 2 diabetes and reduce disparities.
The grant will allow Trinity Health to star…

Commercial health plans show unwanted variation in digital coverage

There’s a lack of alignment across commercial, Medicare and Medicaid plans regarding coverage of digital medicine, and this is throwing a wrench into the progression of digitally enabled care, according to an issue brief posted by the American Medical …

HHS awards $131.7 million to support behavioral health

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has announced $131.7 million in grant programs for behavioral health services. 
The $131.7 million awarded this month include:

Black, Latino Medicare patients experiencing more difficulties with daily living

Black and/or Latino Medicare beneficiaries are more likely than white beneficiaries to report difficulty managing activities of daily living (ADLs), according to a databook released by ATI Advisory with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Enthea expands ketamine-assisted therapy as nationwide employee benefit

Enthea, which bills itself as the only licensed provider of health benefit plans that cover medication-assisted therapies, is making ketamine-assisted therapy available across the U.S. as an employee benefit.

CommonSpirit Health creates value-based care platform

CommonSpirit Health has launched a national value-based services platform, Population Health Services Organization (PHSO), focused on expanding access to equitable care, improving quality and outcomes and lowering the cost of care.

HIMSSCast: Medicaid disenrollments plague federal health officials

As of September 20, more than 7 million people had lost Medicaid coverage due to state redeterminations that haven’t always gone smoothly.

CDC awards Northeastern $17.5 million for pandemic preparedness

Northeastern University in Boston will receive $15.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the next five years to create an innovation center designed to help detect and prepare the country for the next outbreak of infectious…

Half a million children and families will regain Medicaid coverage

Half a million children and families will regain their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance coverage due to improper disenrollment, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

Elevance Health PBM CarelonRx to launch prescription cost savings program

CarelonRx, the pharmacy benefit manager for Elevance Health, will launch a new cost savings program called EnsureRx, which will automatically compare prices of select covered generic medications against a variety of cash discount cards and apply the lo…