Category: Healthcare Finance News

United HealthCare, Humana top healthcare satisfaction rankings

Reports from research firm Forrester and analytics firm Verint Systems released studies ranking the nation’s top insurance payers based on customer satisfaction.
 

Clinicians ethically challenged when it comes to caring for undocumented immigrants

In one of the first studies to explore clinician moral distress related to the ethically challenging issue of providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants, researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine surveyed phy…

CDC director endorses boosters for healthcare and frontline workers

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has endorsed booster shots for healthcare workers and other vulnerable Americans.

Humana, Kelsey-Seybold team to expand Humana’s Medicare Advantage provider network

Major insurer Humana has partnered with multi-speciality group practice Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, signing an in-network agreement that Humana hopes will allow expanded access to value-based care, through a broadening of its Medicare Advantage provider net…

Pfizer receives FDA emergency use authorization for COVID-19 booster

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Survey: Only 1% of nursing homes are fully staffed

The long-term care sector is in the midst of a worsening labor shortage, but it’s not the only part of healthcare struggling. 
 

Biden Administration awards $15 million to 20 states for mobile crisis intervention

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded $15 million in planning grants to 20 states to support expanding community-based mobile crisis intervention services for Medicaid beneficiaries.
The goal is to connect people who are experienci…

OIG: Some MA companies used chart reviews, HRAs to drive $9.2B payments

A new report examining Medicare Advantage plans released by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General found that some MA plans are leveraging chart reviews and health risk assessments to drive up to $9.2 billion in pa…

Johnson & Johnson booster shot increases infection protection

A second dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine provides 94% protection against moderate to severe infection in the U.S.
 

Hospitals face September 30 Provider Relief Fund reporting deadline

Providers remain under a September 30 deadline to report lost revenue and pandemic-related expenses as a condition of keeping their federal Provider Relief Funds allocated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act starting last yea…