Category: Healthcare Finance News

Medicare Advantage enrollment hits 50% of beneficiaries

Medicare Advantage has been growing in popularity among Medicare beneficiaries, but now the offering has hit a milestone: According to recently released data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Advantage now provides Medicare …

Two die in Ei Lilly Phase 3 study of Alzheimer’s drug

Donanemab, an Alzheimer’s drug candidate produced by Eli Lilly, showed that it can slow cognitive decline by 35% in the company’s new Phase 3 study, but there are some safety risks – exemplified by two deaths that occurred during the trial that were at…

CDC employee killed in Northside Medical Midtown shooting

A 38-year old woman was killed Wednesday and four others wounded after a gunman opened fire at the Northside Medical Midtown in Atlanta, according to multiple reports.
The woman killed, Amy St. Pierre worked for the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Co…

CVS Health completes Oak Street Health acquisition

CVS Health has officially completed its acquisition of Oak Street Health, the company revealed this week.

PhRMA and congressional Democrats file briefs to reverse court ruling on mifepristone

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has waded into the mifepristone controversy by filing an amicus brief – along with other industry stakeholders – asking for a reversal of a lower court decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medici…

Envision Healthcare receives $91.2M in judgment against UnitedHealthcare

Envision Healthcare was awarded more than $91 million by an independent arbitration panel on March 30, in its arbitration against UnitedHealthcare for underpayment of essential medical care, the company revealed this week.
In addition to the award, the…

One in five with limited public transit access have deferred care

While private motor vehicles are the primary form of transportation in the U.S., many people – including those in urban areas, Black or Hispanic people and those with low incomes – rely on public transportation.

Q&A with Salim Ismail: Accelerating change for a new breed of business

Healthcare Finance News: Could you please tell us why you founded OpenExO? What need did you see and what does the company do?

BCBS of Michigan, Vermont to join forces in affiliation

The Blue Cross Blue Shield outfits in Michigan and Vermont have reached an agreement to affiliate and work together across each respective company, the organizations revealed this week.
Through their combined forces, the companies said the affiliation …

Providers may submit 2023 MIPS exception applications to CMS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is accepting 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception and MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception Applications.
Th…