Humana has expanded a bundled payment model
Humana announced it has expanded a bundled payment model into seven additional states that will cover hip and knee replacements
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Health Care Redesign
UnitedHealth’s Optum throws support behind at-home lab test startup in $12M funding round
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Optum Ventures, an independent venture capitalist fund of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, led a $12 million
Read MoreMedicare’s new rule allows flexibility to prescribers, providers ad suppliers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Contract Year 2019 Final Rules for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part
Read MoreWith 8k more physicians than Kaiser, Optum is ‘scaring the crap out of hospitals’
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Since its acquisition of 250 Las Vegas-area physicians in 2008, UnitedHealth Group has
Read MoreCalifornia Aims To Tackle Health Care Prices In Novel Rate-Setting Proposal
(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Backed by labor and consumer groups, a California lawmaker
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans to integrate ride-sharing services
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it was “reinterpreting the standards for health-related supplemental benefits
Read MoreTo Curb Rising Health Insurance Costs, Some States Try ‘Reinsurance Pools’
(By Michael Ollove for Stateline, an initiative of The PEW Charitable Trusts) A couple of years ago, the health insurance exchange
Read MoreAmazon vs. Walmart: Who has more power to change healthcare’s landscape?
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Amazon and Walmart are both aiming to redesign how healthcare works in the
Read MoreCustom meals could help curb hospital stays for people with chronic disease
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Good food isn’t just good for the body — it might also curb hospital stays
Read MoreWalmart reportedly in early-stage talks to buy Humana: 5 things to know
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Retail giant Walmart is in preliminary talks with health insurer Humana about developing
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