[ad_1] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is considering significant changes to how Medicare Advantage quality is measured, how provider networks are assembled and how insurance companies […]
Jefferson Health president hired from Ascension
[ad_1] Jefferson Health has named Dr. Baligh Yehia as president, the nonprofit health system announced Tuesday. Yehia will join the Philadelphia-based company Jan. 17 from Ascension, where he […]
More free at-home COVID tests available for potential winter surges
[ad_1] The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter. […]
Healthcare spending hit $4.3T in 2021 but growth slowed
[ad_1] U.S. healthcare spending totaled $4.3 trillion in 2021, an increase of just 2.7% from a year earlier as COVID-19 relief funding waned, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid said […]
Yale New Haven Health to acquire two Connecticut health systems
[ad_1] Yale New Haven Health System has agreed to buy two Connecticut health systems from Prospect Medical Holdings, the not-for-profit company announced Thursday. When the transaction finalizes later […]
Centene president, COO appointed | Modern Healthcare
[ad_1] Centene announced new appointments to its senior executive team under CEO Sarah London Wednesday. The health insurance company promoted executive vice president of healthcare enterprises Ken Fasola […]
SCAN Group, CareOregon plan merger into HealthRight Group
[ad_1] Nonprofit health insurers SCAN Group and CareOregon plan to merge and create a $6.8 billion company focused on government health programs, the companies announced Wednesday. SCAN Group […]
Trinity Health to build new $238 million hospital
[ad_1] The hospital will be located on the campus of the current Trinity Health Medical Center, formerly known as St. Joseph Mercy Brighton, at 7575 Grand River Ave. […]
BCBSM makes big ‘full-risk’ contracts with 6 doctor groups
[ad_1] Doctors are increasingly staking their incomes on their patients’ outcomes. Six physician groups have inked full-risk reimbursement deals with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for the […]
Moody’s: More healthcare organizations at risk of credit downgrades
[ad_1] More healthcare organizations are at risk of credit downgrades and defaults as they continue to battle high costs in an inflationary economic environment. Twenty-five North American entities across […]