April 14th 2024
CEO John Baackes is stepping down at the end of this year.
Performance-based pharmacies improve Medicare beneficiary health
May 19th 2015Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol may achieve better health outcomes when using pharmacies that are part of performance-based networks, according to early results of a pay-for-performance program conducted by SCAN Health Plan and Express Scripts.
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BCBS to launch retiree health insurance exchange
April 27th 2015Blue Cross and Blue Shield will launch a health insurance exchange this summer that will support employers’ efforts to help retirees transition from group health benefits to individual Medicare coverage that starts Jan. 1, 2016.
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Study finds earlier diabetes diagnoses in Medicaid expansion states
April 7th 2015People in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are far more likely to be newly identified with diabetes than in non-expansion states, according to a study published online in Diabetes Care.
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Humana provider tools aid value-based care
April 3rd 2015As the Medicare program and the healthcare industry at large begins the transition from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement models, health plans are responding by ramping up collaboration with providers to improve health outcomes, especially for medically-complex Medicare members.
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