Reflections on 10 Years as a Long-Term Care ACO
At NAACOS meeting, LTC ACO’s Kristen Krzyżewski explains the savings opportunities available when taking a value-based care approach
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A Current Snapshot of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit
This brief provides an overview of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, including current data on plan availability, enrollment, and spending and financing, and highlights recent changes under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Indiana Lawmakers Seek To Forbid Hospital Monopolies, but One Merger Fight Remains
Union Health is making a new bid to Indiana regulators to buy its rival hospital in Terre Haute as the door looks poised to close on such deals. The nonprofit health system is trying to leverage an existing state law to acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital, the only other acute care hospital in Vigo County….
Fast Action From Bystanders Can Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival. Many Don’t Know What To Do.
When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her breathing (shallow and erratic). Then she stopped breathing altogether. Realizing that she might be having a cardiac…
How the Expiration of ACA Tax Credits Will Impact Commercial Insurance, Per a Cigna Exec
The expiration of ACA tax credits could drive up premiums across marketplace and commercial insurance plans, a Cigna executive warned. The post How the Expiration of ACA Tax Credits Will Impact Commercial Insurance, Per a Cigna Exec appeared first on MedCity News.
300+ Provider Organizations Urge Feds to Prevent Leaked DEA Rule From Going into Effect
More than 330 provider organizations signed letters this week urging the White House and Congress to extend a pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibility. Failure to extend this policy would cause millions of Americans to lose access to treatment, they argued. The post 300+ Provider Organizations Urge Feds to Prevent Leaked DEA Rule From Going into Effect…
Medicare Beneficiaries Have 32 Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans Available, on Average, for 2026
Medicare beneficiaries will have 32 Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage available to choose from, on average, in 2026.
How Technology Is Personalizing Healthcare in 2025
Modern technology with AI at its center is creating unique opportunities to approach healthcare challenges in ways that weren’t possible just a few years back. The post How Technology Is Personalizing Healthcare in 2025 appeared first on MedCity News.
Capital Rx Expands Into Care Navigation with Acquisition of Amino Health
Through a new acquisition, Amino Health will become Capital Rx’s patient-facing care navigation solution called Judi Care. The post Capital Rx Expands Into Care Navigation with Acquisition of Amino Health appeared first on MedCity News.
Matthew tries Reperio’s at home health screening
We are entering an age of at home testing and the team at Reperio just raised $14m to make weight, blood pressure and cholesterol/blood sugar testing available at home. But this is a relatively complex series of tests, intended to get people who haven’t been to a primary care doctor back into the system. How…