Price increases do indeed get passed down to patients, the authors found, and that can negatively impact access.
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Humana Medicare Advantage members now have in-network access to eight additional McLaren Health Care hospitals in Michigan
The contract also provides additional in-network access for MA members to physicians and clinicians linked to McLaren.
California legislature passes bill requiring Kaiser Permanente to follow financial disclosure laws
The bill would require Kaiser Permanente to provide more data about the revenue and profits of individual hospitals.
Cigna earmarks $5 million in grants to reduce child food insecurity
Many schools in the U.S. have programs and partnerships offering food and nutrition support, which Cigna is seeking to augment.
Education on Medicare is lacking among the general public, survey finds
Many healthcare consumers are lacking even basic knowledge about the existing federal program.
Retraining existing employees can help mitigate the effects of healthcare’s workforce shortage
A healthcare organization with a bit of capital can invest in the workforce it already has to ameliorate the effects of a tight labor pool.
Signify Health, Remedy Partners signify intent to merge
This comes amidst a market shift from fee-for-service toward value-based payments based on quality.
Most patients willing to share medical records for research purposes
Fewer than 4% of participants said they were not willing to share any information with anyone.
Centene, Aetna protest losing Louisiana MCO contracts worth billions
The Centene subsidiary, Aetna and three other MCOs were paid $7.6 billion by Medicaid to cover more than 1.7 million beneficiaries.
AHIP supports a federal model of California law to end surprise billing
Following adoption of the legislation, the number of physicians in provider networks increased by 16%.
