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Mark Farrah Associates Assessed MA, Stand-alone PDP Membership Trends
MFA assessed Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan performance, market share, and market penetration by state from about 24.7 milion MA members and 25.2 Medicare stand-alone PDPs.
COVID-19 Costs Hit Insurers
They are waiving cost sharing for COVID-19 treatment. How large will premium increases be next year?
Trump, Fauci disagree on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine
More COVID-19 patients receive anti-malaria drug despite controversy.
COVID-19, MCOs, Market Change, and Uncertainty
COVID-19 has scrambled MCO cost management.
Joanne Cunningham of the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare Speaks on COVID-19 (VIDEO)
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How Health Execs and Employees Are Responding to COVID-19
Managed Healthcare Executive® interviewed six healthcare executives about how they and their organizations have responded to the outbreak.
COVID-19 Update: What Execs Wish People Knew
Healthline medical experts and advisors share what they wish people knew about COVID-19.
Massachusetts Blues Plan Signs Nation’s First Value-Based Care Contract with Dental Management Group
This was announced in February as the country's first value-based contract between a payer and a dental group practice.
American College of Physicians Says Let Doctors Speak Out
Policy statement also physicians should be allowed to bring in their own PPE
Q&A With Cotiviti CEO About Interoperability
Single patient identifier is still needed
Face Masks Could Become Part of Government Effort to Slow COVID-19
WaPo reports CDC officials are considering a face mask recommendation.
Why Spring and Summer Weather May Help Flatten the COVID-19 Curve
COVID-19: How Will This End and How Will It Change Us?
FDA authorizes treatment, rapid test for COVID-19
Agency issues Emergency Use Authorization for hydroxychloroquine sulfate, along with a novel COVID-19 test.
100,000–200,000 COVID-19 Deaths. Where Does That Estimate Come From?
Infectious disease modelers are projecting COVID-19 death toll.
This Week in the C-Suite
Uncharted waters, lines of credit, and heroes
'They Are Courageous, Compassionate, and Caring': Allegheny Health Network CEO Cynthia Hundorfean Reports From the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Outbreak
Caregivers are the heroes in her view.
Medicaid Eligibility Expanding Fast as Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
States in the U.S. have expanded Medicade eligibility under the Affordable Care Act as large spikes in unemployment occur.
Cross-Platform Telehealth, Social Engagement Service Launches for Older Adults in Response to COVID-19
Uniper launches the telehealth service to engage older adults with live and interactive social wellness activities, healthcare professionals, preventive care, and family and friends to cope during trying times of social distancing and isolation.
Gather More Info As COVID-19 Testing Expands
Mostashari, Emanuel want serological surveys and sentinel testing
5 Takeaways from Birx, Fauci Remarks at White House COVID-19 Briefing
Containment strategy may be possible in some areas of the country
FDA expands hepatitis C treatment to children
Clinical trial results were similar to those of the drug in adults.
Drugmaker halts access to COVID drug as FDA approves novel test
First point-of-care test to detect coronavirus cleared.
Nursing Home Residents, Staff in COVID-19 Harm's Way
Washington State nursing home was "ground zero" of U.S. COVID-19, says Verma
Hospitals Face Losses on COVID-19 Cases
Hospitals face the losses even with proposed increase in federal reimbursement.
ACP Requests More Support for Physicians, Patients During Pandemic
American College of Physicians wrote in a letter that more improvements are needed to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to better support physcians taking care of patients.
AJMC Authors: Telemedicine 'Ideal' For Dealing With COVID-19
Can mitigate overcrowding in healthcare facilities and reduce exposure
Tips to Protect Healthcare Workers
Jagdish Khubchandani, a Ball State University health science professor, provides tips to keep in-office healthcare workers, who are some of the most vulnerable, healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.