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 ...
Steward Health Care to close Sharon Regional Medical Center in …
Dec 18, 2024 · Dive Brief: Steward Health Care plans to close Pennsylvania-based Sharon Regional Medical Center on Jan. 6 after a proposed sale to Meadville Medical Center fell through.; The deal, which has been ...
State officials push Kaiser to end behavioral healthcare strike
Dec 17, 2024 · Nearly 2,400 behavioral healthcare workers have been on strike since October. California lawmakers say that Kaiser has failed to meet demand for patient services during that time.
Senate report slams Medicare Advantage insurers for using …
Oct 21, 2024 · Dive Brief: A new Senate report sharply criticizes the country’s three largest Medicare Advantage insurers — UnitedHealthcare, Humana and CVS — for allegedly limiting access to post-acute ...
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 ...
MPT installs new leadership at Prospect hospitals as system …
Nov 21, 2024 · MPT installs new leadership at Prospect hospitals as system continues to miss rent payments Prospect has attempted to sell hospitals to generate liquidity, but has been unable to offload several ...
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 ...
UnitedHealth under antitrust investigation by DOJ: reports
Feb 28, 2024 · UnitedHealth is under investigation by the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns, according to reporting by the Examiner News and the Wall Street Journal.. Over the past few weeks ...
Top healthcare conferences to plan for in 2025 | Healthcare Dive
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 ...
UnitedHealth CFO John Rex to replace Dirk McMahon as president
Mar 29, 2024 · Name: John Rex Previous title: Chief financial officer, UnitedHealth New title: President and chief financial officer, UnitedHealth CFO John Rex will be adding president to his list of titles at ...