Capital BlueCross has signed an agreement with The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization focused on health care quality and safety, that will establish a regional hospital recognition program to help employers and consumers in central … [Continue reading]
DinnerTime Signs Agreement with Johns Hopkins HealthCare
DinnerTime has signed an agreement with Johns Hopkins HealthCare to provide Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs (EHP) members with free access to DinnerTime's personalized meal planning and sale-smart shopping service. As of January 1, 2016, Johns … [Continue reading]
WellCare Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2015 Results
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) announced that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015 on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at approximately 6:30 a.m. Eastern time. The company will also host a conference … [Continue reading]
Blue Cross Members With Advanced Illnesses Will Receive Enhanced Benefits
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) has announced the launch of a comprehensive program aimed at improving quality-of-life for individuals and families facing advanced illnesses and the end of life. … [Continue reading]
HealthWell Foundation Opens New Medicare Access Fund to Provide Financial Assistance to Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients
The HealthWell Foundation®, an independent non-profit that provides a financial lifeline for inadequately insured Americans, has announced it has opened a new fund to provide financial assistance to Medicare patients suffering from renal cell … [Continue reading]
Senior Health Insurance of Pennsylvania Enters Into Reinsurance Transaction with Teachers Protective Mutual
Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP) has announced that it has executed a reinsurance transaction with Teachers Protective Mutual, a mutual insurance company, for SHIP to reinsure all of Teacher's long-term care business. Founded … [Continue reading]
WellStar brings transparency to patient records
WellStar Health System is deploying an innovative solution to improve the patient experience while providing better patient care. WellStar's electronic medical record patient portal, WellStar MyChart, will provide patients with round-the-clock access … [Continue reading]
hCentive Expands Partnerships With Insurance Carriers and Benefits Administrators
hCentive, the leader in health insurance exchange solutions, announced recently that the company has added new health and ancillary insurance carriers and benefits administrators to its WebInsure Benefits marketplace. WebInsure Benefits is a single … [Continue reading]
WellCare Honors High-Performing Physicians in New York
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG), a leading provider of managed care services for government-sponsored health care programs, announced recently that it honored its high-performing network physicians in New York by making them the first … [Continue reading]
PIA Hails Passage of Policyholder Protection Act
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has hailed passage of the Policyholder Protection Act. The measure was included in the omnibus appropriations agreement that was passed 316-113 in the House and 65-33 in the Senate on … [Continue reading]
32 Hospitals Settling Medicare Fraud Allegations Due to Whistleblower
Thirty-two hospitals in 15 states agreed to pay more than $28 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP alleging that the hospitals overcharged Medicare for a type of back surgery known as kyphoplasty. … [Continue reading]
WellCare of Iowa to Contest State Official’s Decision to Overturn Medicaid Contract Award
WellCare of Iowa, a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG), announced today that the company will aggressively contest the order issued by Janet Phipps, director of Iowa's Department of Administrative Services, which overturned the … [Continue reading]
PROCEPT BioRobotics Closes $42 Million in New Funding
PROCEPT BioRobotics, a privately held medical device company based in Silicon Valley, announced today the closing of $42 million in a venture round of equity financing led by Novo A/S. New investor CPMG, Inc. and existing investors also participated … [Continue reading]
Hemp Health Inc. Helps Marijuana Users Get Sober Quickly
Hemp Health Inc., maker of cannabidiol (CBD) products, today introduced THC Buzzkill, a patent-pending CBD supplement that counteracts the 'high' of marijuana. Sold as an oral spray, THC Buzzkill absorbs into the bloodstream rapidly and lessens the … [Continue reading]
BIO-Europe® 2015 in Munich to take place November 2-4, 2015
The twenty-first annual BIO-Europe® international life science partnering conference will be held in Munich, Germany, November 2–4, 2015. Organized by EBD Group, the event is co-hosted by BioM Biotech Cluster Development, the Bavarian Ministry of … [Continue reading]
Moleculera Labs Receives Grant from OCAST
Moleculera Labs today announced the receipt of a two-year, $300,000 matching grant from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). This grant supports the development and clinical validation of new diagnostic testing … [Continue reading]
Equifax Achieves Milestone in Helping Employers Manage the Affordable Care Act
Equifax Workforce Solutions, a leader in human resource, analytics and verification services, and a business unit of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), has achieved a major milestone in Affordable Care Act (ACA) management for employers. The company's ACA … [Continue reading]
Physicians Discuss Role of Medicare Over 50 Years of Care
On July 30, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare as well as Medicaid into law. The following year, slightly more than 19 million older Americans had Medicare coverage. Since then, Medicare has grown, and today covers more than 54 million … [Continue reading]
Medical Tourism Association® Joins Forces to Launch Asia-Pacific 2015 Global Healthcare Congress
The Medical Tourism Association® and Beijing Great-Idea Business Resources Company Ltd. have partnered to hold the World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress Asia-Pacific 2015, Nov. 14-16, 2015, in Guilin, China. Renée-Marie Stephano, … [Continue reading]
Aetna Publishes Favorable Coverage Policy for ThyGenX
PDI, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDII) subsidiary Interpace Diagnostics announced that effective June 2015, ThyGenX™,i the company's genetic mutation panel, has been approved by Aetna for assessing fine needle aspiration (FNA) samples from indeterminate thyroid … [Continue reading]
GuideWell and Alignment Healthcare Create Strategic Medicare Advantage Partnership
GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (GuideWell) has entered into a strategic partnership with Alignment Healthcare, LLC (Alignment Healthcare), a population health management company with technology-enabled clinical integration at its core. The new … [Continue reading]
CMS Changes Will Bridge Old and New Models of Chronic Care Management
The prevalence of chronic conditions presents one of the greatest risks to the U.S in terms of population health and well-being. However, many serious conditions such as hypertension or hyperlipidemia can be successfully managed if the patient … [Continue reading]
EHE International Certifies Prime Healthcare As Partner
EHE International, the recognized leader in preventive medicine and annual physical exams, today announced that the Prime Healthcare, Avon, CT office has been named an EHE-certified preventive care center. Through Prime Healthcare, Avon, EHE members … [Continue reading]
HCI3 Relationships Strengthen U.S. Health Care Payment Reform Infrastructure and Process
To expedite payment reform across the U.S., the non-profit Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) has partnered with key stakeholders to support the transformation to a health care system based on quality and affordability. HCI3 partners … [Continue reading]
SameDay Funding Will Disrupt Traditional Healthcare Reimbursement Model
MTBC (NASDAQ: MTBC), a leading provider of fully-integrated, web-based healthcare IT and revenue cycle management solutions has commenced beta testing of MTBC SameDay Funding™ (MTBC SDF™), which will ensure that healthcare providers receive advanced … [Continue reading]
Maternity Care Issue Between Highmark and UPMC Resolved
Governor Tom Wolf has announced that Highmark will continue to cover pregnancy and related care at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC in 2015, despite it no longer being in their network of providers. Coverage for these services will be at in-network … [Continue reading]
AMCP Welcomes 21st Century Cures Provisions Addressing Drug Abuse, Fraud in Medicare Part D
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) applauds two crucial provisions in draft legislation issued this week by the House Energy and Commerce Committee that combat the abuse of controlled substances and payment fraud in the Medicare Part D … [Continue reading]
Centene’s Florida Subsidiary Awarded Commendable Accreditation Rating From NCQA
Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) today announced that its wholly-owned Florida subsidiary, Sunshine Health, was elevated to Commendable Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its Medical Managed Assistance and Child … [Continue reading]
Aon Hewitt Shows Continued Cost Savings for Companies and Individuals Participating in the Aon Active Health Exchange
Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), has announced that employers and individuals participating in the Aon Active Health Exchange are seeing notable reductions in health care spend for the … [Continue reading]
Capital BlueCross, Health Care Improvement Foundation develop collaborative with area health care systems to improve patient care
Thousands of Pennsylvanians receive medical services every day from local health care systems. Each of these facilities has its own physicians and practitioners with their own specialized knowledge gained from their own experience providing care. But … [Continue reading]
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