[ad_1] Kaiser Permanente will invest $10 million in a Colorado safety-net hospital, the latest example of large health systems partnering with smaller organizations struggling to manage rising expenses. The Oakland, […]
CVS Health Ventures helps Strive Health raise $166M
[ad_1] Strive Health, a digital health company focused on kidney care, closed a $166 million Series C funding round on Wednesday. The round was led by venture capital […]
Connecticut’s free insurance broker training targets health equity
[ad_1] Connecticut is attempting a novel strategy to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations: Teaching people from those communities to become health insurance agents and […]
Medicaid redeterminations shouldn’t be rushed: CMS official
[ad_1] States must take better care not to expel eligible Medicaid enrollees from the program during the redeterminations process, a senior Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services official […]
OptumRX unveils rural pharmacy programs amid PBM crackdown
[ad_1] OptumRx launched initiatives designed to expand the services available at community and rural pharmacies amid a looming legislative crackdown on pharmacy benefit managers’ business practices. The PBM, […]
Takeaways from Modern Healthcare’s digital health summit
[ad_1] The healthcare industry is ready to adopt new technology and shift to consumerism but is skeptical of the changes without governance and guardrails. Digital health leaders at […]
Bias complaints from hospital employees indicate culture shift
[ad_1] A growing number of Highmark Health employees is submitting complaints about workplace bias, which the head of the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs sees as good […]
Medicaid redeterminations result in many disenrollments
[ad_1] Arkansas removed more than 72,000 people from Medicaid in April, the first month states could begin trimming program rolls. People affected by this who believe they still […]
Indiana doctor fined for talking about Ohio abortion
[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an […]
Noom launches telehealth company for weight loss drugs prescriptions
[ad_1] Dr. Linda Anegawa, a board-certified obesity medicine physician and Noom’s chief of medicine, said that the decision to offer GLP-1 agonists—the class of medicine that includes drugs […]