With high and employee demands for higher wages, pressure to reduce company health costs is acute. There are innovative options available to lower health costs and the businesses that take them will gain a competitive advantage. It may start with not accepting the HR recommendation.
TAPintoA new report outlines the healthcare industry’s progress to date on price transparency compliance.
TAPintoUsing administrative claims data, investigators analyzed the opioid prescriptions filled for vasectomies before and after the expansion of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s modifier 22 program.
St. Lawrence County legislators unanimously passed a resolution during Monday’s Operations Committee meeting authorizing the extension of the contract with Excellus Blue Cross/Blue Shield to act as a
Legendary Crimson Tide gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson was honored by the Alabama Legislature this week as part of the state’s latest Academy of Honor class, which
TAPintoThe Yankton County Commission has rejected all bids for work on the Stone Church Bridge and announced it will continue to seek additional sources of funding.
George “Pete” Gardella III George “Pete” Gardella III, 60, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He was born Oct. 3, 1962, in Detroit. Pete grew up in Grosse Pointe Farms and graduated from Grosse Pointe South High School in 1981. He received a bachelor’s degree…
TAPintoCOVID-19 Bivalent Boosters available at this location will be free. For influenza vaccinations, the following insurances are accepted: Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Independent Hea...
The DOJ is suing Cigna, alleging the insurer overcharged the federal government by purposefully inflating how sick its Medicare Advantage members were.
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breakiOct. 17—The Morgan County Health Department will hold a drive-thru flu clinic Tuesday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., at Central Baptist Church, 2801 U.S. 31 South, Decatur. Flu shots are free to people with Medicaid, Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance. A $5 fee will be charged to people with other in…
Rep. Mark Pocan filed H.R. 9187, which would block the program from calling itself Medicare.
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breakiThe study reflects only the prices for Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare PPO...
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breaki/PRNewswire/ -- Centivo, a new type of health plan for self-funded employers anchored around pre-eminent providers of value-based care, announced today that...
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breakiNew Birth Missionary Baptist Church hit an impressive — but sobering — milestone over the weekend, distributing free food to its 1 millionth person since the pandemic started.
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breakiNorthCountry, BCBS, and CVMC all award winners at GM United Way annual campaign kickoff event Vermont Biz
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breakiThe academy maintains a membership of up to 100 living members. New members are chosen by a majority vote of the academy.
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breakiPowerful national interests including LGBTQ rights groups and Blue Cross and Blue Shield are funding Asheville, Buncombe County congressional candidates.
Hamilton County Schools Launches Fourth Leadership HCS Class The Chattanoogan
In the course of writing about Oklahoma’s hospital price transparency tools, I set out to test for myself how easy it would be to use them.
Seven Nebraska organizations formed to take better care of their patients’ health and reduce costs all performed better than the U.S. average on satisfaction and quality measures.
