Category: Healthcare Finance News

UnitedHealthcare rolls out virtual option to help patients remotely access hearing care

UnitedHealthcare Hearing has introduced a new virtual care offering that’s meant to expand access to custom-programmed hearing aids while reducing the need for in-person appointments for fittings and adjustments. This option is available for those enro…

Sanford Health begins $300 million initiative to improve rural healthcare access

With the endowment, it is expanding its graduate medical education program, investing in community health, and building a virtual hospital. 
 

AHA signals opposition to Optum, UnitedHealthGroup’s acquisition of Change Healthcare

Optum and Change Healthcare announced in January their intent to merge, uniting two of the nation’s largest technology and service companies, but the move has now received pushback from the American Hospital Association, which said the proposed deal ra…

Transcarent looks to overhaul self-insured market

Livongo founder Glen Tullman is the new CEO of Transcarent, a company that is looking to overhaul the employer-sponsored insurance business by creating a digital platform “overlay” to existing plans.
Tullman isn’t looking to replace traditional insuran…

FCC issues guidelines for new round of a $250 million COVID-19 telehealth program

Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel circulated a proposal this week that, if adopted, would establish round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, a $249.95 million dollar federal initiative that builds on the $200 mi…

House passes bill to stave off millions in Medicare sequester cuts

The bill now moves to the Senate, where it needs 60 votes to pass before the current moratorium ends on March 31. 
 

Executives rate provider burnout as a disrupting force in healthcare

The most potentially disruptive forces facing hospitals and health systems in the next three years are provider burnout, disengagement and resulting shortages among healthcare professionals, according to a new survey of 551 healthcare executives.

Amazon confirms nationwide expansion of telehealth services

Up until this point, Amazon Care’s app-based services have only been available to the company’s employees in Washington state.

Amazon Care’s nationwide telehealth expansion ‘may be bigger than the sum of the parts,’ says firm

Amazon signaled its intention this week to expand its Amazon Care app-based telehealth services to its employees and to other companies across the U.S. — services that, to date, have only been available to the retail giant’s Washington-based workforce…

Hospitals and insurers applaud Senate confirmation of a Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary

The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.