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Apr 29, 2023

Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger Health in bid to launch multisystem VBC platform


VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout


Humana's 2023 forecast brightens with higher projections for Medicare Advantage business


Home care industry touts bipartisan bill to expand Medicare in-home benefits, reimbursement


CMS' latest batch of Medicaid, CHIP proposals include maximum appointment wait times, greater pay transparency - Paige Minemyer

 

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Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger Health in bid to launch multisystem VBC platform

The California-based integrated system said Geisinger would be the first of several nonprofit, community-based health system acquisitions that would flesh out a new separate entity called Risant Health.
 

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VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout

Department leaders said the system was "not meeting expectations" following reports of outages and patient harm among early adopter locations. Cerner leadership said the company supported the decision and intends to keep working with the government on the project.

Humana's 2023 forecast brightens with higher projections for Medicare Advantage business

Humana had a strong start to 2023 reporting first-quarter earnings of $1.24 billion, or $9.87 a share, up from $930 million, or $7.29 a share, a year ago.

Home care industry touts bipartisan bill to expand Medicare in-home benefits, reimbursement

An advocacy group representing big names like DaVita, Amazon and Ascension says the proposed legislation would be welcomed by beneficiaries and could help cut costs for the government.

CMS' latest batch of Medicaid, CHIP proposals include maximum appointment wait times, greater pay transparency

Two proposed rules unveiled Thursday afternoon are a push to improve access to care, quality of care and engagement of the 92 million Americans enrolled in the low-income coverage programs, CMS officials said.

Clover Health's stock could be delisted from the Nasdaq, company says

In addition, on Monday, Clover announced that it settled the first of several class-action shareholder suits alleging securities fraud.

Sanders, Cassidy reach deal to increase access to generic prescription drugs, reform PBMs

Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, reached a deal on new legislation that aims to increase access to generic drugs and impose transparency measures on pharmacy middlemen.

Elevance Health expands concierge care program to chronic conditions like Crohn's disease, diabetes

Anthony Nguyen, M.D., the chief clinical officer at Elevance, told Fierce Healthcare that the program was born from a desire to be "more engaging with our members."

COVID fraud takedowns: Feds charge 18 people, including doctors, with raking in nearly $500M from scams

Eighteen people, some of them practicing medical doctors, were criminally charged with participating in healthcare fraud schemes that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic and allegedly raked in $490 million.

As volumes, staffing continue to recover in Q1, UHS says behavioral health is its avenue toward higher rates

The acute care hospital and behavioral health center operator is the latest for-profit giant to share strong gains during 2023's opening quarter. The latter business segment in particular saw across-the-board improvements and remains in high demand—a potential opportunity for UHS during contract negotiations going forward, executives said.
 
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