Category: Healthcare Finance News

Blue Shield of California invests in Cricket Health expansion aimed at treating kidney disease

Today, Cricket Health closed an $83.5 million Series B funding round led by Valtruis, which will enable Cricket’s expansion to support demand for its care model for people with kidney disease.
Blue Shield of California made a strategic investment of an…

Public health leaders urge private sector to create #COVIDSafeZones

Public health experts, scientists and former elected officials have signed an open letter published in USA Today asking business leaders to create #COVIDSafeZones.

COVID-19 changing regulatory picture around medical devices and technology in healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the regulatory picture around medical devices and technology in healthcare, and the way in which those technologies are reimbursed; take telehealth for example, which has seen greater reimbursement flexibility from the…

CB Insights report: Global telehealth investment is still on the rise

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Hospitals no longer need to report their negotiated rates with Medicare Advantage payers

In a move praised by the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has repealed the mandate that hospitals report the median payer-specific negotiated charge they make with their Medicare Advantage payers on the Medi…

Consumers are increasingly turning to their pharmacies for health services, survey says

J.D. Power says the tides are changing in how consumers choose to receive their healthcare. 
 

Pfizer is looking for full approval of COVID-19 vaccine by Labor Day

Pfizer is expected to get full approval for its COVID-19 vaccine by Labor Day, according to The New York Times.
The Food and Drug Administration has not verified the timeline.

3M partners with Waystar on AI revenue capture

3M is partnering with Waystar on AI automated revenue capture for the over 6,000 health systems and hospitals nationwide that are clients of its Health Information Systems division. 

Acute care hospitals get a 2.5% pay increase in final rule

Acute care hospitals get a 2.5% pay rate increase for 2022 in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule.

Kaiser sues Merck alleging ‘pay-for-delay’ anticompetitive agreement

Merck reaped billions while Kaiser and its members paid higher prices for two popular drugs to lower cholesterol, the lawsuit says.