The joint commitment among the five founding members aims to leverage learned lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic response into actionable strategies that will strengthen the partnership between healthcare and public health systems.
In March 2023, the Common Health Coalition (CHC) was formed by AHIP, the American Medical Association...News
Health systems across the country are pursuing value-based care (VBC) models, and aggressively acquiring primary care providers to do it, but some want to know if the rising tide of VBC will lift all provider boats.
Last week, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger Health announced the launch of Risant Health, which will...
A new, highly infectious COVID-19 subvariant is growing in dominance across the country as healthcare providers relax mask mandates. In Arizona, Republicans have launched an investigation into the state's COVID-19 response, contending that it was mismanaged.
High levels of the variant XBB.1.16, or "Arcturus," have been found in Los...
The healthcare worker shortage may be approaching a breaking point. On Monday morning, 15,000 nurses in Minnesota went on strike demanding better staffing and patient care, and more strikes are expected to follow across the country.
As the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency approaches, contracts covering unionized healthcare...
Health insurance technology startups have struggled to meet industry expectations, with several of the most lauded companies losing money quarter-to-quarter despite significant growth. But these insuretech startups' CEOs are receiving ample bonuses despite poor corporate performance.
A few recent examples: Bright Health Group recorded...
Across the county, accusations of fraud related to Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicaid Advantage have increased and Arizona has not escaped involvement. While, nationally, complaints against Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealthcare have been filed or escalated, in Arizona, 27 individuals and business entities have been indicted on criminal...
This week in insurance, mergers and acquisitions open new pathways to addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) and innovative medical options for plans and patients alike.
According to new research released by Verint, "the Customer Engagement Company," the top 25 health insurance companies were in tight competition throughout...National News
The U.S. Department of Justice has joined a series of six lawsuits that allege Kaiser Permanente knowingly submitted false Medicare Advantage claims. Kaiser allegedly pressured physicians to create addenda to medical records to add risk-adjusting diagnoses that patients did not actually have, were not considered or addressed during a...National News
Kaiser Permanente (KPH), one of the largest non-profit health systems in the country, reported $7.5 billion dollars in income for the year 2019, roughly triple what they made in 2018. Despite the sudden and striking change in income, Kaiser appears to have a vested interest in boosting local communities where they are integrated and are...National News
Kaiser Permanente and Blue Shield of California have collectively pledged $45 million to a new California state fund aimed at fighting homelessness.
In early January, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) proposed a state budget, which included a new $750 million California Access to Housing and Services Fund that would “pay rent...National News
A national healthcare leader, and leader of one of the nation's largest nonprofit hospital and health systems, Bernard Tyson died unexpectedly Nov. 10.
Tyson, who began his CEO role at Kaiser in 2013, reportedly died in his sleep and recently spoke at the AfroTech conference in Oakland. He was 60 years old.
According to...National News
One of the country's oldest nonprofit health insurance plans allegedly exploited Medicare of millions; Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative was taken to federal court in a whistleblower case.
Filing suit against the health plan is one of the company's former medical billing managers, Teresa Ross, who alleges that Group Health...
