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Furor Erupts: Billions Going To Hospitals Based On Medicare Billings, Not COVID-19

(By Jay Hancock and Phil Galewitz and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) Probably few hospital systems need the emergency

CIGNA Corporation is launching a pilot program to increase social connectivity among its Medicare Advantage Customers. With so many older

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) UnitedHealthcare plans to pay pharmacists in Ohio to deliver primary care to

(By Maria Godoy for NPR) The vast majority of the country is under lockdown right now. But stay-at-home orders come

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) HHS tapped UnitedHealth Group to quickly disperse an initial $30 billion in

(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Amazon Web Services and the Yale School of Public Health are partnering

Although the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act or CARES Act is best known as a law providing $2.2

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Darrin Menard, a family physician in Lafayette, Louisiana, has spent the past month

(By Selena Simmons-Duffin and Rob Stein for NPR) It’s the question on everyone’s minds: What will it take for us

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) More than 40 percent of the $100 billion earmarked for hospitals from