The majority of adult Medicaid beneficiaries are unaware that their future eligibility could be in question upon the close of the national COVID-19 public health emergency, according to new findings from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
MDLive, a subsidiary of Evernorth, will be expanding its virtual primary care program in an effort tvieo enhance support for those living with chronic conditions, the company announced this week. Evernorth itself is a subsidiary of insurer Cigna.
Provider burnout has been an issue in healthcare for years, but is the picture starting to improve? We’ll examine that and other timely topics in this week’s Top Stories, including Amazon’s launch of a new virtual healthcare service, and the extension …
This week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) introduced The PACE Part D Choice Act, which seeks to eliminate a significant financial disincentive for Medicare-only beneficiaries to enroll in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for …
Humana is continuing to expand its CenterWell Senior Primary Care clinics.
In 2023, CenterWell will open in new markets including Indiana, Mississippi and Virginia, and expand clinics in seven other states where centers already exists.
CenterWell inten…
Eleven Democratic senators have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking the federal government to enact stronger consumer protections for Medicare Advantage in light of their concern over marketing practices for the prog…
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization that advocates for patient safety in hospitals, has released the fall 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade results, showing an overall reduction in never events and progress on stemming heal…
Rural health system Sanford Health and urban Fairview Health Services in Minnesota have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine and create a new health system.
The name of the parent company will be Sanford Health. Sanford Health CEO Bill Gasse…