Top healthcare trends in 2024
Jan 18, 2024 · Hospitals, inching toward sustained profitability, will divest from under-performing and costly service lines in 2024 while increasing investments in ambulatory care services.Providers will also ...
Humana’s Medicare Advantage dilemma worsens amid precipitous …
Oct 3, 2024 · Potential mitigation. Humana is reeling from a one-two punch: the preliminary star ratings paired with existing cost challenges in MA. Only 1.6 million of Humana’s more than 6 million MA members ...
UnitedHealth, Cigna, CVS sue FTC over insulin litigation process
Nov 20, 2024 · Dive Brief: CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth are suing the Federal Trade Commission in a bid to block the agency’s lawsuit against their pharmacy benefit managers for allegedly inflating U.S. insulin ...
Top healthcare conferences to plan for in 2025
Oct 1, 2024 · National Association of ACOs (NAACOs) April 22-24; Oct. 8-10 Hilton Baltimore Inner Habor; Marriott Marquis, Washington, D.C.. The event, tailored for leaders at Accountable Care Organizations ...
Healthcare technology trends to watch in 2024
Jan 8, 2024 · Breaches at healthcare organizations have become increasingly common over the past five years.The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights found a 93% increase in large breaches reported to the agency ...
Providers say claims denials are increasing: survey
Sep 25, 2024 · Dive Brief: Providers’ struggles with claims denials have worsened compared with two years ago, according to Experian Health’s 2024 State of Claims survey released on Tuesday.; Prior ...
Humana expects to lose ‘few hundred thousand’ Medicare …
Jul 31, 2024 · Dive Brief: Medicare Advantage giant Humana expects to lose a “few hundred thousand” members in its marquee business next year, after seriously shrinking its benefits and exiting markets for ...
Healthcare bankruptcies are rising. Here are five major filings so …
Nov 22, 2023 · Healthcare bankruptcies have soared in 2023 as heightened interest rates, federal regulatory changes, labor shortages and fears of an economic recession squeezed a sector once known as inflation ...
Blue Cross Blue Shield to pay $2.8B to settle class action provider ...
Oct 16, 2024 · Dive Brief: The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and 33 of its member companies are set to shell out $2.8 billion to settle allegations the Blues plans suppressed competition and underpaid ...
Providers will need to boost cyber defenses amid AI adoption: …
Nov 21, 2024 · AI could ease labor shortages, but health systems will need to increase cybersecurity spending to manage heightened risks, according to the credit ratings agency.