| Tuesday September 20th 2022 | 2:30 PM ET | 11:30 AM PT The PHE is ending on October 13, 2022. Register for this webinar for a Member-Centric Approach to understand member perspectives and what they want from their health plans. | This Week Sep 3, 2022 Fierce Healthcare has extended the deadline to nominate a healthcare leader for our 2022 Women of Influence awards. Submit your nominations today! Featured | By Heather Landi Forrester healthcare analysts called the shuttering of Amazon Care "a strategic move" rather than a failure. Amazon still has its sights set on primary care, many healthcare experts say, as it represents the gatekeeper of patient care. |
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| Top Stories By Robert King Larger premiums did not always lead to better quality of care for beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans, a new RAND study found. By Robert King CMS proposed a new rule outlining requirements for states to ensure that Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries are able to hold on to their coverage. By Robert King Accountable care organizations generated $1.6 billion in savings for Medicare last year, the fifth straight year the program has garnered savings. By Paige Minemyer The expansion, which is pending regulatory approval, will bring Cigna's total ACA footprint to 363 counties across 16 states, the insurer said. By Heather Landi Health First Health Plans, an early adopter of Oscar Health's tech stack, is pulling the plug on the project amid implementation challenges. By Stacey Hughes A tsunami of challenges is exerting tremendous pressure on hospitals and health systems’ ability to provide access to care to their patients and communities. By Dave Muoio Hospitals just weathered "some of the worst margins since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic" due to lower outpatient volumes and longer inpatient stays, Kaufman Hall wrote in its July report. By Annie Burky Messages on the popular social media site accused the retail pharmacy of “putting politics over patients" by refusing to fill a prescription for non-abortion related care. Other drugstores restricting reproductive health care raise questions about retail’s role in the abortion debate. By Robert King A federal appellate court ruled it doesn't have the authority to get OSHA to make permanent a COVID-19 emergency protection standard. Resources Infographic Could cloud be the cure for your EHR headaches? See our infographic on how moving to the cloud can slash financial and administrative burdens. Sponsored by: NetApp Whitepaper Gain insights into improving the quality of chronic wound research with a combination of stakeholder interest and mobile platform technology that produces and measures higher quality images. Sponsored by: Net Health Events Fierce Health Payer Forum October 12, 2022 | Free Virtual Event Fierce Clinical Trial Billing & Research Compliance Summit February 2023 | Location TBD | |
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