Jeff Lagasse
Year-end financials are being watched closely as the healthcare system gets a handle on the full impact of COVID-19.
Prior authorization is also eliminated for 3D image post-processing, including the evaluation of cardiac structure and function.
The organization still managed a $3.1 billion profit for the year, a significant 25% increase from 2019.
Anthem is acquiring InnovaCare’s Puerto Rico-based subsidiaries, as well as a Medicaid plan.
Seventeen percent of LGB medical students reported high levels of burnout compared to 11.1% of heterosexual students.
The efforts will be enabled by new $350,000 Racial Equity and Justice Grants that support minority-led not-for-profit organizations.
Budgets continue to be impacted by the increased use of high-cost drugs and critical care drugs for coronavirus patients.
Members living with multiple chronic conditions will have an opportunity to be treated safely at home and thereby avoid hospital visits.
Patients feel that customer experience is an important part of their healthcare journey, and a key reason to stay with a provider or abandon it.
The parties have been ordered to submit a joint status report identifying whether and how this case should proceed by not later than April 1.