News 5/14/25
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UnitedHealth Group announces that CEO Andrew Witty has resigned for personal reasons and has been replaced by Chairman and former CEO Stephen Hemsley.
The company also announced that it will suspend its 2025…
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NIH and CMS to build autism data platform
The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are working together to build what they’re calling a “real-world data platform” that can be used to research claims information, electronic…
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Building Trust Drives Healthcare Patient Loyalty
Patient Demographics Are Rapidly Shifting
Healthcare organizations face unprecedented demographic changes as Baby Boomers age into Medicare, Gen X approaches retirement, and Millennials become the largest consumer group. These shifts create new challenges for healthcare…
Nourish raises $70M as Trump tariffs put pressure on healthy food prices
Nourish, a virtual nutrition counseling platform, announced it secured $70 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total raise to $115 million.J.P. Morgan Private Capital’s Growth Equity Partners led the round, with…
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IBX Medicare Advantage Members Gain Access to Virtual Brain Health and Dementia Support
What You Should Know:
– Independence Blue Cross (IBX) knows that the brain is at the center of everything a person does, and that keeping it healthy is essential to their well-being. Keeping this and…
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Medicare Rate Hike Proposed for 2026
CMS Announces 2.4% Increase for Inpatient Reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 2.4% increase to inpatient Medicare reimbursement rates for Fiscal Year 2026. This adjustment comes as part of…
Medicaid Faces Billion-Dollar Federal Cuts
CMS Halts State Program Funding
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced plans to significantly reduce Medicaid funding by ending federal matching for state health programs. In a letter sent to states…
Wasteful Spending on Remote Monitoring? New Report Urges Policy Overhaul
What You Should Know:
– A newly released report from the Peterson Center on Healthcare offers critical guidance for policymakers navigating the rapidly expanding landscape of remote monitoring technologies.
– Synthesizing findings from three in-depth evaluations…
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News 4/18/25
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UnitedHealth Group reports Q1 results: revenue up 9.8%, EPS $6.85 versus $6.91, missing expectations for both and sending shares down more than 20% in the company’s first earnings miss since 2008.
UHG…
Q&A: J.D. Power study spotlights the state of health insurers’ digital experience
Data from the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Healthcare Digital Experience Study revealed that health insurance members enrolled in health plans and Medicare Advantage plans use their plan websites and mobile apps as their primary…
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