Emergency Declarations on the federal and state levels can potentially cause discrepancies in coverage for both private providers and state-provided coverage services like Medicare and Medicaid. Following these declarations, both private insurance companies and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance for...Arizona News
Arizona's Medicare Advantage market continues to climb with a 38 percent saturation rate; latest numbers following the annual enrollment period shows UnitedHealthcare's AARP branded product still reigns supreme.
According to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, UnitedHealthcare/Pacificare's AARP plan reprised...Arizona News
Walgreens and UnitedHealthcare have entered in an agreement to open 14 Medicare service centers starting next year, which will allow customers to inquire about and enroll in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans.
For existing UnitedHealthcare MA beneficiaries, the centers will serve as a place to schedule appointments, such as...National News
Dirk McMahon, president and COO of UHC's health services subsidiary Optum, succeeds the retiring Steve Nelson as CEO of UnitedHealthcare while Daniel Schumacher, president and COO of UHC will move into McMahon's former leadership role at Optum.
Cross training took on a whole new meaning as UnitedHealthcare makes its move to develop...Arizona Comings & Goings
Heather Kane is now the new CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Arizona and New Mexico. She joined UHC in 2002 and was most recently the CEO for its dental division. UHC also promoted Jamie Koester Clark to VP Network Management for Arizona and New Mexico. She was formerly the Director of Physician Contracting.
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The nation's MA market leader will offer the value-based payment model to hospitals and physicians in 30 states, including Arizona.
UHC's Medicare Advantage enrollment in the state stands at 237,000 or nearly 45 percent of total MA enrollment, making the insurer hugely influential in this profitable market segment. Nationally,...Arizona News
Another step toward an integrated health system, insurers will begin providing both physical and behavioral health care services to those who qualify under the Arizona Department of Developmental Disabilities beginning Oct. 2019.
The new contract awarded March 21, 2019 allows Arizona Long Term Care Services (ALTCS) DDD members...National News
The healthcare giant which operates UnitedHealthcare and Optum thinks 2019 will be even better, projecting annual revenues of more than $240 billion.
UnitedHealthGroup's Q4 earning report was released Jan. 15 and showed a 12 percent year-over-year growth in revenue, not a surprise it grew by 2.4 million lives and continues its reign...National News
The public squabble has lasted nearly a year, but now the two have agreed to extend their nationwide contract effective January 1, 2019.
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has threatened for months to end its contract with Envision Healthcare. Envision fired the first shot this spring and missed its target when it was forced into arbitration...Arizona News
After the housing market collapse, Southern Orchards-based Nationwide Children's Hospital began to invest in neighborhood homes as part of an initiative--Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families (HNHF).
In an interview with NPR, the hospital hopes that by investing in housing and providing neighborhood children with safe and secure...Arizona News
According to the latest list from the Phoenix Business Journal, Banner Health, HonorHealth and Dignity Health Arizona rank in the top ten of all employers by number of employees.With over 36,000 full-time employees in Arizona, Banner Health and its $7.8 billion in revenue has long been the top health system in Arizona when it comes to...Arizona News
More than a million Arizonans enrolled in UnitedHealthcare's employer-sponsored, individual and Medicaid health plans will continue to have access to Phoenix Children’s facilities and employed physicians.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital's CFO Doug Myers, who joined the organization last July from Florida-based Johns Hopkins All...
Blockchain technology seeks to improve the quality of data and reduce the administrative costs associated with insurers getting up-to-date healthcare provider demographic data.
Insurers are mandated to get accurate information that is passed on to beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fines insurers if they do...
The recently released study notes results by Arizona Care Network.
The data in this report is based on the 110,000 physicians and 1,100 hospitals engaged in a value-based relationship with UnitedHealthcare, and the 15 million UnitedHealthcare members who sought care from those providers in 2017.
Among findings, ACOs...Arizona Comings & Goings
Amy Klawitter was promoted to VP of key account sales and account management for UnitedHealthcare of Arizona and New Mexico. She succeeds Mark Olson who serves in the same capacity in Colorado.Arizona News
PCCN's network of 1000 physicians can be available to 50,000 enrollees in UnitedHealthcare's Medicaid health plans.
No stranger to accountable care organization arrangements, more than 15 million people are enrolled in UnitedHealthcare plans across the country with care delivered in part through more than 800 accountable care...News
Focus is on delivering quality, culturally effective and coordinated physical, behavioral and community-based care.
Equality Health Network, a Hertel Report Founding Sponsor, has announced its first arrangement with a healthplan. The deal is focused on improving quality for a diverse population of Medicaid recipients.
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