The Healthcare Financial Management Association will be tackling the issues that have been challenging hospital finance executives during HFMA’s annual conference taking place from Monday, June 24 through Thursday, June 27 in Las Vegas.
Category: Healthcare Finance News
Hospitals and medical groups can require Change to notify patients of stolen information
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights has determined that hospitals and other providers can require UnitedHealth Group to notify patients if their data was stolen during the Change Healthcare cyberattack..
DOJ files objection to Steward’s bankruptcy deal
The Department of Justice has filed an objection to the debtor-in-possession financing terms for Steward Health Care.
The DOJ claims the proposed sale of Steward’s physician-owned network is moving forward without regard for antitrust procedures, in an…
Elevance Health to back small business on health equity
Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, has pledged a $10 million commitment to launch a new program that will provide loans to small businesses looking to address health equity.
The program will provide loans to social en…
Gap growing between best- and worst-performing health plans
For employees enrolled in commercial health insurance plans, the quality of their overall healthcare experience is largely dependent on the insurers with whom their employers have contracted, but their satisfaction with their plan is not dependent.
Clover Health is offering its AI assistant to all Medicare Advantage payers and providers
Clover Health has announced that its clinical decision support tool, Clover Assistant, is now available to payers outside of Clover’s Medicare Advantage plans and also to providers.
The tool, branded as Counterpart Assistant, is a strategic move with C…
Medicare Advantage struggling under payment, utilization concerns
Medicare Advantage is in an awkward place. On the one hand, the alternative to traditional Medicare is still popular among consumers, who have been lured by the promises of lower out-of-pocket costs and increased supplemental benefits.
Centene partners on affordable housing
The Centene Foundation, Centene’s philanthropic arm, is teaming with affordable housing developer McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS) on a multiyear partnership to construct new affordable housing communities in eight states.
Under the partnership, the Found…
Highmark reportedly cuts 98 jobs, citing improved operating efficiencies
Highmark is laying off 98 people, with all but three of the jobs at enGen, an information technology subsidiary, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The job cuts were reportedly spurred by improved operating efficiencies.
Lightbeam Health announces partnership with AHIP
Lightbeam Health Solutions, which specializes in technology for population health, has announced a partnership with AHIP, America’s Health Insurance Plans.
