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Category: Healthcare Finance News
UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft, offer employers free COVID-19 screening app
UnitedHealth Group will maintain control over the protected health data and will manage opt-in and consent requirements.
Further evidence does not support hydroxychloroquine for patients with COVID-19
Hydroxychloroquine can reduce inflammation, pain and swelling, but mild to moderate COVID patients showed more adverse events when treated with it.
The financial hit to nonprofit hospitals hinges on federal aid and restarting elective surgeries
The stimulus and emergency response funding will blunt some of the losses, but hospitals won’t be fully compensated, Moody’s found.
Premera Blue Cross launches virtual primary care health plan
The plan is available at a lower premium than standard PPO plans, and offers a specialist referral process.
COVID-19 telehealth waivers won’t last forever, but permanent regulatory changes are afoot
Reimbursement levels will go back to pre-coronavirus levels when the pandemic ends, but Congress may be pressured to make lasting change.
Psychiatrists ‘pleasantly surprised’ with transition to telemedicine
Though mental health professionals say they’re mostly pleased with the rapid shift to phone or video services, most plan to return to in-person care once the dangers from COVID-19 have subsided.
AHIP recommends insurers give 90-day grace period for pre-authorized procedures
America’s Health Insurance Plans is also promoting the continued widespread adoption and use of telemedicine.
Hospitals begin road to recovery
Phases 2 and 3 of vaccine clinical trials are expected by early summer and their success will be known by early winter, Fauci says.
Change Healthcare gives away APIs to help health plans comply with CMS rules
The tools could help payers manage the demands of standards-based interoperability challenges, and also offer security, identity management and consent management.
