With 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
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Health Care Redesign
California 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
Read MoreHumana’s “Bold Goal” strategy
Humana has launched its “Bold Goal” strategy which it defines as “a comprehensive business and health strategy dedicated to improving
Read More7 things to know about the rise of fee-based direct primary care
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Direct primary care practices, which charge a monthly membership fee for medical visits
Read MoreIntermountain, SSM, Ascension and Trinity’s generic drug venture could have a third of the hospital market as members: 6 things to know
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Seventy U.S. hospitals expressed interest in joining a nonprofit generic drug company venture formed by
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