Jeff Lagasse
WellCare, a publicly traded insurer based in Florida, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Human Services in Iowa, contesting its nixed contract to help oversee the state's Medicaid program.
Health plans reimbursed customers approximately $478 million in 2014, translating to about $129 per family receiving a refund, according to data aggregation firm Mark Farrah Associates.
The neurostimulation devices market was valued at more than $5 billion globally in 2014, and that number is only expected to grow, with annual increases of 12.7 percent forecasted from now until 2020, said New York City-based P&S Market Research in findings released Monday.
The Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, which was recently passed, will hold Medicare reimbursement rates steady for freestanding radiation oncology centers. Additionally, two providers listed as B3 stable, 21st Century Oncology and Vantage Oncology, will see their 2016 rates hold steady for 2017-18, according to a report from Moody's Investor Service.
Hilarity for Charity has partnered with Home Instead Senior Care to provide home care through their grant program. The nonprofit donated $1 million to support the Home Instead Senior Care Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Relief Grant Program, which provides free in-home care to families coping with Alzheimer's disease.
Hospitals in Pennsylvania have saved close to $700 million in last few years by cutting down on readmission rates and preventing unnecessary hospitalizations, according to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.
WellCare Health Plans, an agency focused on providing government-sponsored managed care services, has given $13,500 in micro-grants to organizations across the state of New York.
One in six Massachusetts residents avoided obtaining health coverage in 2015 due to the cost, according to a survey from the state's Center for Health Information and Analysis.
The hospital-acquired infections prevention market in the United States is expected to grow 7 percent annually until 2020, according to a new report by by research-based management consulting firm Pharmaion, driven by increases in infections and chronic diseases among the aging population.
A new survey of hospital and health system senior executives by by Kaufman Hall found that while 96 percent of healthcare organizations say understanding patient needs is important, only 13 percent really understands what those needs are.