Payers

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is adding the mental health technology services of Quartet Health to its value-based care arsenal.

Humana is entering a partnership with platform and health data solutions provider Validic that will boost connectivity between members’ tech devices and the health plan.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey plans to help members monitor diabetes with cell phones, under an agreement with Livongo, provider of a chronic condition management platform.

New Jersey, like several other states, is one step closer to shedding its reliance on Healthcare.gov, the federal health insurance exchange platform, and setting up its own state-based health insurance exchange.

With prior authorization posing a significant pain point for providers, several health insurers and the organization representing them are starting an initiative to improve the process.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is launching a new pharmacy integration app and website that will help members manage prescriptions by using Amazon’s own Internet pharmacy.

Patients appear willing to pay extra for digital healthcare services, but they aren’t ready to rate those encounters as better than a one-on-one encounter with a doctor.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, the New Orleans Business Alliance and Ochsner Health System are looking for startup companies with innovations that can solve social isolation in older adults.

Administrative complexity is the biggest contributor to overall healthcare waste in the U.S., according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Seven-year initiative aims to build predictive and personalized solutions to help members manage health issues.

Value-based care depends on measuring and reporting outcomes, but doing so is causing burnout in physicians.

A year-long pilot in Sacramento will enable members to get free rides to medical appointments, lab and radiology visits and to pharmacies.

As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the U.S., some health payers are moving to assist members in the wake of expected storm impact and lack of access to health services.

Blue Shield of California is the first payer to sign with a new value-based care collaborative with healthcare services company Altais and health IT company Aledade.

Blue Shield of California is partnering with a company that is making use of telehealth services to enable follow-up care for home care visits by physicians.

Most organizations are in the process of transitioning to the cloud, and this is making it difficult for IT departments to monitor security.

About a dozen health plans will join Apple, Google and Microsoft to test a new private sector implementation guide for Blue Button 2.0.

More payers are looking for unique ways to engage members, including the use of voice-activated artificial intelligence.

Jordan Bazinsky of Cotiviti says the need to inherently trust information is essential to gain trustworthy insights.

Approaches such as analytics, artificial intelligence and smart phone apps aim to improve care and save money.