Dear Health Care Leaders,
As you know, last month Change Healthcare was the target of a cyberattack that had a significant impact on much of the nation’s health care system. The effects of this attack are far-reaching; Change Healthcare, owned by UnitedHealth Group (UHG), processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and is involved in one in every three patient records. The attack has impacted payments to hospitals, physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers across the country. Many of these providers are concerned about their ability to offer care in the absence of timely, but providers persist despite the…
NORTHSTATE, Calif. — A new proposition has passed, addressing two major concerns in California.
Prop 1 addresses the mental health and homeless crisis by authorizing the state to borrow $6.38 billion to build 4,350 housing units, half of which would be reserved for veterans, as well as adding 6,800 mental health and addiction treatment beds.
Californians were nearly torn in half for approval of this proposition, with the slimmest margins—50.2% voting “yes,” and 49.8% voting “no.”
Dr. Jennifer Dragonette is a licensed psychologist who believes that these bills are currently essential for the state.
“Both of these bills are really…
The final rule will make it easier for millions to enroll and maintain their health coverage—including children, older adults, and people with disabilities
The Biden-Harris Administration today unveiled a final rule that will protect and improve how millions of eligible people apply for, renew, and maintain health care coverage through Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP) . The Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes rule will remove red tape and barriers to enrollment, update and build on the Affordable Care Act’s…
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The RCN has responded to the announcement that more than 27,000 health care workers who provide publicly funded care in England are set to receive 2 one-off payments worth between £1,655 and £3,789. We’ve acknowledged this progress as “a huge leap forward” but say waiting so long to receive the payments has added “insult to injury” to hardworking nursing staff.
Last year, NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts received 2 one-off payments in addition to a 5% pay uplift. But the government did not make funding available for the one-off payments for staff working on dynamic Agenda for Change…
Tameco Brewster, Home Care Specialist for Sharecare, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News.
To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of older adults and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for older adults, their industry, and their peers.
Home Health Care News caught up with Brewster to discuss their time in the home health care industry.
HHCN: What…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that 745 Wyoming veterans joined the VA health care system in the last year, outpacing the national average.
Enrollment in Wyoming was 35.44% more than the system enrolled the previous year. Nationally, VA enrolled 401,006 veterans in VA health care over the past 365 days – 30% more than the previous year.
This is the most yearly enrollees in at least five years at VA, and nearly a 50% increase over pandemic-level enrollment in 2020, according to the department.
This historic enrollment has been made possible by the PACT Act, which has allowed…
Like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) is going for its piece of the healthcare pie. With its fiscal second quarter report, it topped estimates, but lowered the higher end of its full-year adjusted earnings guidance in response to a challenging macroeconomy. The new CEO, Tim Wentworth, continues to navigate the company out of a rough spot by slashing costs and solidifying the team, but the company’s healthcare transformation took its toll on leadership the bottom line.
Fiscal second quarter highlights
For the quarter ended on February 29th, Walgreens recorded sales grew about 6.3% to $37.05 billion,…