To help members reduce the significant operational challenges caused by some of these commercial payer issues, the AHA has also launched a new solution, the AHA Vitality Index.
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Payers and self-insured employers, who cover more than 100 million Americans, have been rapidly developing so-called “virtual-first” health plans. Self-insured employers can’t sustain the average 6% annual health plan cost increase they have been seeing and need to find ways to better engage…
After announcing it had raised another $100 million — nearly doubling its capital base — startup Truveta launched its data platform for research and drug development and shared highlights from its COVID-19 breakthrough infection research.
A clinical workforce strategy has become paramount as the field seeks to address the ongoing shortages of physicians, nurses and other mission-critical positions. The recently released AHA 2022 Talent Scan from the AHA Workforce Strategy team provides a road map for addressing: resilience,…
In late October, the company launched Primary360, a service now being offered nationally to health plans, employers and other benefits providers. Teladoc hopes to increase access to care, particularly for those who don’t have a primary care physician, and improve quality while reducing costs for…
Continuing its push to expand its retail clinic offerings, Walmart Health has hired Ochsner Health System’s David Carmouche, M.D., as senior vice president of Omnichannel Care Solutions. Carmouche, who will begin his new role at the end of the month, had been executive vice president of Ochsner…
The Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), a coalition of about 40 large private and public employers including Walmart, Disney, Costco and Microsoft, recently launched EmsanaRx, a nonprofit PBM. Meanwhile, billionaire Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company is another PBM that launched recently.
The recent acquisition of RubiconMD by Oak Street Health will enable the value-based primary care disruptor to add virtual specialty care to its service offerings.
In a move designed to help patients more easily navigate their care, LifePoint Health has signed a five-year strategic partnership with tech startup Loyal to deploy its new artificial intelligence (AI) multi-experience platform across its 80 hospitals.
During the program that kicked off last week’s HLTH conference, AHA leaders, provider organizations, health tech and business executives shared insights into how to move the needle as the field transforms in a post-pandemic world.