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IU Health selling insurance business to Elevance
Source Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health is selling its health plan to Elevance Health’s Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield for an undisclosed amount. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2024, according to a Sept. 10 news release. IU Health Plans serves 19,000 Medicare Advantage members across 36 counties and 12,000 fully…
Why ACOs and Other Risk-Bearing Providers Must Prioritize Contract Management
Source The following is a guest article by Deepti Sharma, Senior Vice President of Product Management at HSBlox Healthcare providers are continuing to form and invest in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as a means of improving care quality and reducing costs. Some of the largest ACOs serve upwards of hundreds of thousands of patients, while, overall,…
Becker’s names VUMC a leading health system in AI
Source March 6, 2024 New center focused on advancing health AI to launch at VUMC The Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched its groundbreaking center for health Artificial Intelligence (AI) – ADVANCE (AI Discovery and Vigilance to Accelerate Innovation and Clinical Excellence). By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
CMS releases updated guidance for hospitals interested in participating in
Source The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 11 released revised guidance regarding conditions of participation and the conversion process for eligible hospitals interested in participating in Medicare and Medicaid as a rural emergency hospital. REHs are a new provider type established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to address concerns about rural…
ABPI response to the Darzi Review: innovation must be at
Source While there are tremendous challenges facing the UK health system, the innovative pharmaceutical industry is ready to be an active partner in helping to fix the broken NHS. The Darzi Review makes clear how persistent under-investment in the NHS, particularly in capital assets and technology, have led to a health system in crisis. [1]…
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Premier Inc.: Cost Pressures on Labor, Supplies Impacting Supply Chain
Source A recently released report from the Charlotte-based Premier Inc. is pointing to inflationary and cost pressures hitting healthcare supply chains and impacting the bottom line for hospitals and health systems nationwide. A press release posted last month announcing the publication of Premier’s 2024 Supply Chain Resiliency Report found that, “Over the past four years,…
Healthcare Authority Newsletter
Source News Briefs HHS Drops Appeal of Court’s Ruling in Hospital Web Tracking Case The Department of Health and Human Services is dropping its appeal of a June U.S. District Court ruling that vacated the government’s restriction of third-party online tracking technologies on hospital webpages. The case had been brought in late 2023 by the…
Census Bureau: Uninsurance Rate Remained Stable in 2023
Source The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported on Sep. 10, close to the record low that the Biden administration had achieved in 2022 through expansions of public programs, including the Affordable Care Act. As KFF Health News’s Phil Galewitz reported on that same date, “About 8…
