Healthcare Finance Staff
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is hoping to better control his state's diabetes epidemic with a new telehealth initiative, launching a public-private partnership to treat at-risk patients in underserved areas.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has launched the state's first patient-centered pregnancy and delivery episode of care program designed to bring about better outcomes, patient experience and lower costs through better coordination of care for pregnant women.
UnitedHealth Group may be acquiring another digital health company, this time eying the wellness market and an app already in use by thousands of members at a rival health plan.
Humana is being sued by an individual policyholder claiming he has been unable to cancel the plan despite months of trying, in what may be first such lawsuit over insurance company practices during the transition to ACA-compliant health plans.
The Department of Health and Human Services is constantly promoting Medicare and the Affordable Care Act, but some Republican senators are getting annoyed with one slogan: "free preventive services."
The National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission have announced the 2013 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is comparing the effectiveness of CT scans for colorectal cancer along with other alternatives to the standard colonoscopy, in the first step to getting Medicare and private insurers to cover new screenings for the nation's second-leading cause of cancer death.
Continuing a trend in the retail economy, Target is ending health insurance options for part-time employees and sending them to health insurance exchanges, following the likes of Home Depot and Walgreens.
Health savings accounts are growing more than ever, and possibly eating into health reimbursement accounts for the first time since researchers have been tracking the plans.
Most employees who recently started buying their insurance through a private exchange report a fair amount of satisfaction with their choices, although whether that ends up saving employers and employees money still isn't clear.