Chubb has earned the highest customer satisfaction rating in the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Study. Chubb is receiving this prestigious award based on its performance in five key customer satisfaction factors including claims, interaction, billing and payment, policy offerings, and pricing. [Read more…]

Aurobindo Pharma Limited (NSE: AUROPHARMA) (BSE: 524804) (Reuters: ARBN.NS) (Bloomberg: ARBP:IN) and COVAXX, a US-based company, have entered into an Exclusive License Agreement to develop, commercialize and manufacture UB-612, the first Multitope Peptide-based Vaccine to fight COVID-19, for India and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) agency. [Read more…]

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announces the delivery of the first batch of 300,000 doses of Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against coronavirus, to Argentina. [Read more…]

INOVIO (NASDAQ:INO), a biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect people from infectious diseases and cancer, has announced the publication of peer-reviewed Phase 1 clinical data from the first cohort of 40 participants for its COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800, in EClinicalMedicine, an open access clinical journal published by The Lancet. [Read more…]

Two cases of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, which originated in South Africa, have been identified in the UK. [Read more…]

Millions of Americans set lofty resolutions and fitness goals to kick off 2020…which were promptly kicked to the curb when the COVID-19 pandemic turned our lives upside down. [Read more…]

Therap Services, the long-standing national leader providing software solutions for HIPAA-compliant electronic documentation for providers in Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and the broader Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS), introduces its Sandata Aggregator Interface for providers in Arizona. [Read more…]

Minhas Sask Ventures Inc. is recalling The People’s brand Meadilicious taste of Pina Colada flavoured fortified wine from the marketplace because it contains milk which is not declared on the label. [Read more…]

To assist with the nation’s fight against COVID-19, SNA International, LLC (SNA) provides emergency response support services to state and local governments. [Read more…]

Soterix Medical Inc. , the global leader in non-invasive stimulation and synergistic brain imaging technologies, has expanded clinical trials of its proprietary neuromodulation technologies for Alzheimer’s disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. [Read more…]

Cedar Gate Technologies (Cedar Gate), a leading value-based care performance management company, has received a minority investment from Cobalt Ventures. [Read more…]

Regence and MultiCare Health System have partnered to deploy a first-in-the-nation value-based model that delivers better health outcomes to members at lower costs while simplifying administration for health care providers. [Read more…]

Many have Predicted 2020 the Entire Year of Disturbance and endurance, both emotionally and physically. Together with the entire world feeling the beat of COVID-19 exhaustion, lockdowns, overwork, childcare, home education and much more, it may feel like the nation is jointly suffocating. [Read more…]

Here are the Top 10 COVID-19 Vaccine Questions and Answers that we have compiled, with help from Ontario’s doctors: [Read more…]

A lawsuit against healthcare entities related to Hudson Regional Hospital and its proprietor Yan Moshe has been dismissed (Eastern District Federal Court Docket Number 20cv01098). [Read more…]

The Minnesota Council of Health Plans announced today that Minnesota-based nonprofit health programs are willingly extending cost-sharing waivers for in-patient COVID-19 therapy through March 31, 2021. The expansion coincides with a number of different steps taken to assist individuals, suppliers and the community weather the pandemic. [Read more…]

In its attempts to reinvent the Healthcare expertise and enhance the connection between individuals and their clinicians, Highmark Health and Google Cloud now declared a six-year strategic venture to construct and take care of the creation engine behind Highmark’s Living Health model. [Read more…]

Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. is partnering with Geneia.

A healthcare analytic services and solutions firm that’s simplifying the transition into healthcare, has announced their partnership to advance population health is functioning. Horizon picked Geneia’s Theon® Platform for Population Analytics, which implements AI-driven data analytics to identify and stratify inhabitants discovering insights for patient-centered maintenance, to attain increased involvement and boost ROI by focusing on the ideal care for the ideal patients at the ideal moment.

Horizon chosen Geneia’s Theon® Platform for Population Analytics to encourage its population health management plan and provide a coordinate and customized associate experience. The answer:

— Identifies gaps in Take Care of high-risk members
— Prioritizes quality step coverage, actions and common threat
— Provider that a 360-degree patient perspective
— Enhances patient satisfaction and results through coordinated care, public health and maintenance management
— Ensures platform extensibility to health programs, answerable attention associations and patient-centered medical-home clinics

To find out more about this Geneia — Horizon connection, download the case study at: https://content.geneia.com/2020/new-jerseys-largest-healthplan-transforms-with-geneia/index.html

The San Diego office of American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) has been named among San Diego’s “Top Workplaces” in the 8th annual Top Workplaces awards sponsored by the San Diego Union Tribune and Philadelphia-based Energage. [Read more…]

QualChoice Health Insurance has announced that Chris O’Dwyer has joined the company as Director of Sales, effective Nov. 23. [Read more…]

AmeriLife Group, LLC (“AmeriLife”), the national leader in marketing and distributing life, health and retirement solutions, has purchased ownership and partnered with the rapidly growing Senior Resource Group (SRG), an independent field marketing organization based in Philadelphia. [Read more…]

AGS Health, a leader in revenue cycle management services for major healthcare providers across the U.S. today announced it has been recognized by KLAS® Research as a “consistent high performer” in their report, “Outsourced Coding 2020, Which Firms Deliver Quality and Value.” [Read more…]

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Insure.com, a comprehensive resource for insurance information, releases its ninth annual survey detailing the most outstanding health insurance companies for 2021. The top ranked companies offer competitive pricing, strong customer service and have a consumer base willing to recommending them. [Read more…]