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Softheon | July 01, 2022

Softheon, a leading cloud-based eligibility, enrollment, and billing provider for health plans and government agencies, has acquired NextHealth Technologies, an AI-powered SaaS-based healthcare analytics platform. With the acquisition, Softheon will be better able to help health plans sell and deliver efficient, high-quality care through synergies in the companies' respective products and solutions. Health plans cans save tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars on medical and operati...

Healthcare Finance News | March 31, 2020

Cigna and Humana are joining other insurers in waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment. Cigna is waiving cost-sharing and co-payments through May 31. Humana is waiving costs for treatment related to COVID-19 and is now covering subsequent treatment, including inpatient hospital admissions. Humana will cover the member responsibility under the plan benefits for COVID-19-related services, whether treatment is delivered by in-network or out-of-network providers. ...

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Cue Health Inc. | August 25, 2022

Cue Health Inc. a healthcare technology company announced a new collaboration with Fresenius Kidney Care to provide the most accurate* COVID-19 self-test to certain patients and clinical care teams. People who are immunocompromised have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 throughout the pandemic and remain highly dependent on measures that reduce the likelihood of infections, including vaccination. Cue can be used by vulnerable patient populations and their care partners to...

CMS | May 12, 2020

CMS announced the payment adjustment, which could also include potential penalties for excess readmissions. The proposed changes also include creating a new hospital payment category for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. <...