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5 million people enrolled in Medicaid during pandemic, study finds

(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicaid enrollment increased by 5 million people between March and September of 2020,

(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart Health has entered an agreement to acquire on-demand, multispecialty telehealth provider MeMD,

(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) Healthcare providers and insurers must make changes to their processes and technology systems

The audience was reminded during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on drug pricing reform, “that ways in which

(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health is planning to sell individual insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act

(By Rhitu Chatterjee for NPR) In recent weeks, Dr. Kali Cyrus has struggled with periods of exhaustion. “I am taking

(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) Earlier in the pandemic it was vital to see doctors over platforms like Zoom

(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review) Group members of Highmark, a subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, with

(By Noam N Levey for Kaiser Health News) The federal government must aggressively bolster primary care and connect more Americans

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) After Maria Turner’s minivan was totaled in an accident a dozen years ago,