Category: Healthcare Finance News

Highmark Health launches Lumevity to offer digital solutions and workforce engagement

Highmark Health has announced the launch of Lumevity, a wholly-owned subsidiary that offers consulting services to other businesses to help them achieve large-scale transformation.
Lumevity is a mixture of digital solutions such as the automation of re…

Close to half of Medicare enrollees lacked dental coverage in 2019, new KFF data shows

Close to half of all Medicare beneficiaries, totaling around 24 million people, did not have dental coverage in 2019, and the same percentage did not have a dental visit within the past year, according to a new analysis published by the Kaiser Family F…

Humana’s net income, medical loss ratio beat industry expectations for Q2

Major health insurer Humana logged a net income of $588 million during the second quarter, the company announced this week. And while that’s considerably less than the $1.8 billion posted a year ago at this time, when patients were deferring care, it s…

Pfizer expects to submit EAU for booster shot next month

Pfizer is having ongoing discussions with regulatory agencies for a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine and is potentially submitting an emergency use authorization application for the additional vaccine as early as August.

Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling looks to the hospital of the future

COVID-19 changed how we think and raises our obligations moving forward, Dowling says.

CDC reverses earlier guidance and recommends indoor mask wearing for vaccinated individuals

From June 19–July 23, COVID-19 cases increased 300% nationally, followed by increases in hospitalizations and deaths, due to the Delta variant.

University of Florida Health CEO Dr. Leon Haley dies unexpectedly

Dr. Leon Haley Jr., CEO of University of Florida Health Jacksonville and dean of the UF College of Medicine, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 24, at the age of 56.
Action News Jax reported that Haley died after being ejected from a jet ski after los…

AMA adds voice to providers and others calling for vaccine mandates for healthcare workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired a lot of mandates over the past year and a half, with states and municipalities mandating mask- wearing, social distancing, limited indoor crowd capacities and more. Now the latest call in the healthcare industry is f…

Anthem and Humana enter into multimillion agreement with SS&C for API cloud platform

Anthem, Humana and SS&C Technologies have entered into a joint venture named DomaniRx to develop a claims adjudication and pharmacy benefits manager cloud platform, according to documents filed by SS&C Technologies with the Securities and Exchange Comm…

How algorithms developed during COVID-19 are expanding the digital strategy at UMass Memorial

Dr. David McManus (left), chair of the Department of Medicine and Dr. Michael Gustafson, president, UMass Memorial Health. Photo: Courtesy of UMass Memorial Health