The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act is a critical federal safeguard, ensuring Americans do not face greater challenges in accessing behavioral health services than they do for other medical care. Enforcing this law presents complexities, leading to inconsistent compliance among health insurers.
While federal law mandates...National News
On the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Arizona to advocate for reproductive freedom and campaign on behalf of President Joe Biden.
The Veep held a town hall in downtown Phoenix at Warehouse215 and set the blame for the abortion bans...
As experts predict a future wave of infections in the coming months, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported 6,1119 new COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths for the week ending September 10.
Most new infections and reinfections can be traced to the two subvariants of the virus BA.4 and the dominant BA.5, which can evade antibodies...
Arizona joined seven other states in a lawsuit initially filed by the state of Mississippi which asks a federal court to throw out an anti-racism rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The final rule, released in 2021, reimburses physicians more when they create anti-racism plans.
The lawsuit was initially...News
Equality Health, a Phoenix-based healthcare delivery system designed to improve access to value-based care, is now working with Devoted Health - one of the fastest-growing Medicare Advantage plans in America with around 1,100 members in Maricopa County.
Equality Health’s value-based care approach combines practice enablement...Arizona News
AHCCCS is conducting a survey to determine the performance and responsiveness of its contracted managed care organizations to providers.
AHCCCS is asking providers who are contracted with the health plans listed below to complete a survey. The survey will be open from April 15, 2021 through May 17, 2021.
Arizona Complete...Arizona News
Valleywise Health is piloting innovative healthcare technology developed by local startup, LiteraSeed, to reduce medical misdiagnoses by improving communication between underserved patients and medical providers.
The web‐enabled, smartphone-based LiteraSeed platform empowers patients with a visual guide to help them describe...Arizona News
This week Banner Alzheimer’s Institute received a grant expected to total $27.5 million over five years from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to further investigate biological and cognitive changes preceding the onset of memory and thinking problems in people at different levels of genetic...Arizona News
This week Banner Health announced the retirement of its chief operating officer Becky Kuhn. Kuhn will stay on with the organization until October 2021 while a national search for her successor is conducted.
In the nearly 20 years she's been with Banner, Kuhn has held several key leadership roles, including her current role as system...Arizona News
Iora Health has partnered with Devoted Health, one of the fastest-growing Medicare Advantage plans in America. Separately, Hatfield Medical Group, an Arizona-based team of primary care physicians with nine locations in the East Valley, has partnered with Devoted Health as well. Devoted Health recently launched in Arizona across Maricopa...Arizona News
This week the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center SkySong announced that Cigna Medical Group is opening a new, innovative health care center in SkySong 4, located in Scottsdale.
The facility will open this fall and will provide current and new patients with multiple services under one roof, including family and adult medicine, diabetes...
As Arizona reached over 16,000 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, the state lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted to let businesses ignore local mask requirements and Governor Ducey issued an executive order on school openings. As testing continues in the state, high COVID-19 transmission rates continue in Coconino, Yavapai and Pinal...
Lia Christiansen has been named chief administrative officer of Valleywise Health - Arizona’s public teaching hospital and safety net system of care. Christiansen will join Valleywise Health’s senior executive team next week, Feb. 22 . She most recently served as the chief operating officer for Acute Care for Minnesota Health...Arizona News
The Texas firm ClearSky Health has invested $25 million to build an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Avondale, Arizona, which will create 100 healthcare jobs. In April, construction on the 43,000-square-foot structure at 109th Avenue and McDowell Road is set to begin. The 30-bed hospital will include private rooms, a rehabilitative...Arizona News
Banner Health has launched East Valley expansion to meet growing patient needs; the almost $400m investment will focus on women and infant care.
The expansion projects to increase space and care for infants and women are underway at Banner Desert and Banner Gateway Medical Centers in the East Valley.
The expansion of the tertiary...Arizona News
A new lawsuit brought by AARP contends a CMS policy weakened enforcement of financial penalties for nursing homes and must be reversed to restore protections for nursing home residents.
The American Association of Retired Persons engaged the law firm Constance Cannon to file the lawsuit against CMS and outgoing HHS secretary Alex...Arizona News
As millions of workers lose income through furloughs and wage cuts, COVID-19 may exacerbate the trend of employer-based health insurance becoming less affordable and premium contributions and deductibles taking up a larger share of household income.
The process needs to be made easier for workers and their families to enroll in...Arizona News
Delta Dental of Arizona partnered with Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (NOAH) and HonorHealth Foundation to fund expert emergency dental treatment at NOAH for uninsured patients who visit HonorHealth emergency departments with dental issues.
The new Delta Dental of Arizona Dental Connect program is made possible by a $525,000...Arizona News
Creighton University's Arrupe Global Scholars and Partnerships Program, which addresses health issues of the international poor as well as a fund for the education of future doctors, has received a $25 million donation from an anonymous foundation.
The medical program will benefit roughly 120 students at Creighton campuses in Phoenix,...Arizona News
Medical office experts in the Phoenix office of JLL were chosen to market 80,000 square feet of new medical office space planned for one of the last Val Vista Drive-fronting parcels surrounding Dignity Health’s Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.
The 80,000-square-foot medical office project, Mercy Medical Center, is being directed...
