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Webinar: Financial Health - How to Thrive in Healthcare’s Changing Landscape

Thursday, May 5, 2022 | 11am ET / 8am PT

During this webinar, PINC AI™’s revenue enablement and growth experts will discuss the major policy and market trends propelling change in the healthcare industry. Attendees will gain strategies to strengthen their organization’s competitive position and financial resiliency amid healthcare’s challenging landscape. Register now.

Welcome to FierceHealthcare Weekly Digest, your roundup of the biggest and most popular stories from each of our publications.

Featured Story

Study: Medicare Advantage saves seniors nearly $2K a year compared to fee-for-service

By Robert King

A new study from the Better Medicare Alliance found that Medicare Advantage beneficiaries saved nearly $2,000 on their total healthcare spending compared to those in fee-for-service Medicare.

This week's sponsor is PARASCRIPT, LLC.

Former CMS administrator resigns from Centene board after governance 'fell egregiously short'

By Rebecca Torrence

Leslie Norwalk, a former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator appointed just months ago to the Centene board of directors, has resigned from the board after citing her dissatisfaction with the insurer's governance process and approach to leadership.

Amid losses, Bright Health to exit 6 markets

By Paige Minemyer

Bright Health will exit six markets in a bid to focus its business following a year of losses.

Supreme Court nixes appeal on Arkansas' Medicaid work requirements program

By Robert King

The Supreme Court has nixed an appeal to a case that struck down HHS' Medicaid work requirements, more than a year after oral arguments on the case were cancelled.

Jury acquits DaVita, ex-CEO on all counts in landmark antitrust trial, dealing major blow to DOJ

By Heather Landi

A jury in Denver acquitted dialysis provider DaVita and its former CEO Kent Thiry on Friday of charges that they conspired with competitors not to hire each other's key employees. The verdict marks a massive defeat for government prosecutors who had targeted the dialysis giant’s non-poaching agreements with rival companies in an unprecedented criminal conspiracy case.

Physician salaries rebounded in 2021. Here are the specialties that earned the most

By Heather Landi

After stagnating during the height of the pandemic, physician salaries rebounded 7% towards the end of 2021, with increases seen in primary care and all other specialties. As medical practices reopened and patient volume returned to pre-pandemic levels, salaries also increased to an overall average of $339,000, up from $299,999 in 2020.

Optum Health has raised its expectations for value-based care participation. Here's why

By Paige Minemyer

UnitedHealth Group posted its first-quarter earnings on Thursday morning, where it reported $5 billion in profit.

Louisiana AG sues UnitedHealth, alleging drug overcharges in Medicaid

By Paige Minemyer

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has sued UnitedHealth Group, claiming that the healthcare and insurance giant has inflated drug charges in the state's Medicaid program by billions.

Levels grabs $38M series A for metabolic health app with CGMs

By Rebecca Torrence

Levels raised $38 million in series A funding to scale its software, which links continuous glucose monitors to an app to generate insights about members' metabolic health.

Source Health launches with $3M seed for tech stack to help healthcare orgs build virtual care

By Rebecca Torrence

Source Health launched out of stealth with $3 million in seed funding to scale its tech stack with tools to help digital health companies solve the problems they encounter with virtual care delivery.

Webinar: How to break down silos and think like a learning health ecosystem

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | 3pm ET / 12pm PT

Healthcare inefficiencies are compromising the patient experience. With the industry facing increased digitization, pressure from consumers to adapt to wearable technology, and regulatory changes calling for greater price transparency, it needs to adapt. We will discuss how technology can bring stakeholders together to find solutions that will benefit everyone. Register Now.