Category: Healthcare Finance News

Coverage losses, confusion in Arkansas months after state implements Medicaid work requirements

Not only were there no employment changes, but Medicaid coverage rates have been dropping due to confusion and lack of awareness.

FTC approves UnitedHealth Group $4.3 billion acquisition of DaVita, with conditions

Two commissioners were ready to go to court over the decision not to pursue enforcement action in Colorado.

Geisinger names Dr. Jaewon Ryu its new president and CEO

The pioneering Pennsylvania health system has picked Ryu, who most recently served as its chief medical officer, to replace Dr. David Feinberg, who joined Google in 2018.

Amazon wants to displace CVS Caremark’s mail-based drug services, court documents show

PillPack and Amazon have no immediate plans to build a PBM but have ‘explored a number of things,’ say court documents.

Oak Street Health invests only in value-based care

While the nation is going digital for services, healthcare needs a physician presence and Amazon is also expanding that strategy.

Machine learning is only as good as the value it brings

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“We think every problem can be solved with machine learning,” says one AI and analytics expert. “That’s not the case.”

Democrats, Republicans agree politics should be taken out of health policymaking

Most respondents to a public opinion survey say evidence should have "a lot of influence" on policy, but few feel it actually does.

Community Oncology Alliance proposes value-based alternative payment model to reduce costs

The new model aims to provide high-quality, coordinated oncology care at the same or lower cost to Medicare.

Providers and payers should negotiate without government interference, AHA tells Senate committee

The Lower Health Care Costs Act from the Senate HELP committee will be marked up next week prior to going before the full Senate.

Kaiser Permanente plunking down $900 million on new Oakland headquarters

Officials say the new building will reduce operational costs by more than $60 million annually and support affordable care for the community.