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The Medicare Advantage program recently achieved the milestone of covering more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries, but according to a report from S&P Global Ratings, this could have an adverse impact on hospital margins. That in turn could be a negative credit factor for certain healthcare service companies –...

Medicare Advantage growth could be challenging for hospitals

Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. Executives of CVS Health, the company that owns Aetna, are giving early hints about why Medicare plan menus may shoot to the top of financial professionals’ priority lists this fall. Tom Cowhey, the CVS chief financial officer, warned securities...

Aetna May Let Medicare Plan Enrollment Fall 10% in 2025

Albany, GA

Becker's reported on three health systems naming new revenue cycle leaders in August:. 1. Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health System named Jacob Collins vice president of revenue cycle. 2. Fayetteville, Ark.-based Washington Regional Medical System named Richard Cina vice president of revenue cycle. 3. St. Louis-based Ascension named Alex Garrison...

3 health system revenue cycle exec moves in August

Epic Systems has committed to transitioning its entire community of hospitals and health systems to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement by the end of 2025, with all organizations expected to be signed up by the end of 2024. This move represents a strategic step forward in Epic's long-term...

What Epic's interoperability push means for hospitals

Medicare Advantage giant Humana expects to lose a “few hundred thousand” members in its marquee business next year, after seriously shrinking its benefits and exiting markets for 2025 in a bid to boost profits, the insurer disclosed Wednesday. It’s the first time Humana has estimated membership losses from...

Humana expects to lose ‘few hundred thousand’ Medicare Advantage members next year

Alabama State

Living in major U.S. cities means higher housing costs and less space for your money. And when the covid-19 pandemic sparked the rise of remote work, it caused many workers to second-guess living in a major metropolis like New York and San Francisco. Though some companies continue to push in-office...

6 places across the U.S. that will pay you thousands of dollars to move there

Original Medicare (parts A and B) does not cover all healthcare needs, including vision, hearing, and dental care. Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans may provide coverage for some of these services. Original Medicare includes Part A and Part B:. Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) helps pay for inpatient care you...

10 Healthcare Services Medicare Doesn’t Cover

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes several provisions to lower prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients.

The New Medicare Part D Premiums Guide

Perceptions of affordability don't show an advantage to Medicare Advantage, say former and current Commonwealth Fund leaders. Medicare Advantage has grown in popularity for many reasons: low or zero premiums, the appeal of the one-stop shop for benefits compared with juggling Part D and Medigap choices, the supplemental benefits, such as dental and vision coverage. According to KFF, 54% of Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare Advantage this year and the Congressional Budget Office projects that proportion will increase to 64% in 2034.

Is Medicare Advantage A Good Deal for Enrollees?

Who: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States fined T-Mobile $60 million over a data breach the agency says occurred between August 2020 and June 2021. Why: The agency says T-Mobile’s failure to take appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access to certain sensitive data during the incident violated a national security agreement it entered into in 2018 as part of its merger with Sprint.

T-Mobile fined $60M following data breach

New York Post

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s has scrapped some of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, becoming the latest US firm to modify such policies meant to boost racial and ethnic representation.

Lowe’s will no longer participate in surveys for Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group supporting transgender rights, and is also combining its various business resource groups that represent diverse employees into one umbrella organization, an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Monday showed.

The company will not be sponsoring or participating in community events such as parades, festivals, or fairs and might also make additional changes to the policies over time, according to the memo, which...

Lowe’s becomes latest company to end DEI policies amid growing backlash

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacies is speaking out against Johnson & Johnson's plan to drop upfront discounts for some 340B drugs. The drugmaker notified disproportionate share hospitals Aug. 23 of a new rebate system for its blood thinner Xarelto and anti-inflammatory drug Stelara. The change, set to take effect Oct. 15, would require hospitals to buy the drugs at commercial prices and then submit data via Beacon's claims portal to qualify for a rebate.

Pharmacists slam J&J's plan to end upfront 340B discounts

Business Insider

Unlike other tactics of avoiding a return to the office, with "hushed hybrid," workers need managers' help to keep working from home.

The 'hushed hybrid' work schedule is the latest way employees are getting around a return to the office

Finding work is still tough for many jobseekers facing drawn-out interview processes and stiffer competition for roles in some industries — but that could soon change. "It's getting progressively harder to land a job," ZipRecruiter chief economist Julia Pollak tells CNBC Make It. The unemployment rate ticked up to...

52% of U.S. companies are hiring for new jobs in the fall and winter—here are the most in-demand roles

Medigap plans are now protected from discrimination under updated ACA rules.

Medigap Plans New Options

West Orange, NJ

Ann Szapor, BSN, RN, is joining RWJBarnabas Health after serving as the chief nursing officer of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston since 2017. Ms. Szapor is now the CNO of Long Branch, N.J.-based Monmouth Medical Center, which is part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas. Monmouth announced the appointment Aug. 22. Previously, she was the CNO of Ocala (Fla.) Regional Medical Center, which is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

RWJBarnabas hospital names CNO

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Your golden years just got even brighter. Explore 18 hotspots where your expertise is not only valued but in high demand.

Over 60 and Looking for Work? These 18 Companies Want You

The FDA approved afamitresgene autoleucel, or afami-cel (Tecelra), as the first T-cell receptor therapy for cancer. Afami-cel is made by collecting a patient's T-cells, genetically modifying them and infusing them back into the patient, according to an Aug. 27 National Cancer Institute news release. The treatment has been approved for people with metastatic synovial sarcoma who have been treated with chemotherapy and whose tumors are positive for the presence of MAGE-A4 and a certain HLA proteins.

FDA approves 1st T-cell receptor therapy for cancer

GLP-1s reduced mortality and complications from cardiovascular events, according to a study published Aug. 22 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism: A Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Researchers from Taiwan analyzed data from more than 3 million patients with obesity in the TriNetX Global Network between Jan. 1, 2016 and March...

GLP-1s reduce cardiovascular mortality: Study

Lowe’s Companies is the latest company to scrap some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. In a company memo, the home improvement giant said it will no longer participate in surveys for Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group supporting LGBTQ rights, reported MarketWatch, which said Lowe’s decision was reported earlier by Bloomberg. Lowe’s is also combining its various business resource groups that represent diverse employees into a single organization.

Lowe’s to end some diversity policies

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'One of the worst situations a CFO can be in': Inside a system's split with UnitedHealth

Signs of tensions between Carson Tahoe Health and UnitedHealthcare have been apparent for a while. In November 2023, the Carson City, Nev.-based health system alerted the...

'One of the worst situations a CFO can be in': Inside a system's split with UnitedHealth

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