BioAR Trial is a new accelerator that will provide companies a guaranteed clinical trial site at one of the hospitals and health systems partnered with the program. Applications are being accepted for the first cohort of companies, which will begin in April.
A three-judge panel unanimously upheld a previous ruling that the Department of Health and Human Services failed to consider whether the work requirements would fulfill Medicaid's core objective of providing health care to low-income families.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Walmart is working with Embold Health of Nashville, a recent startup company that uses data to analyze whether doctors provide “appropriate, effective and cost-efficient care.”
While the policy has not yet gone into effect in Kentucky, data from the Arkansas Department of Human Services found that more than 18,000 people in the state have lost coverage due to the work requirements that were first introduced last year.
The accelerator guarantees at least two pilot projects with its network of provider partners in the state which includes Arkansas Heart Hospital, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Mercy.
The Center for Connected Health Policy has unveiled a list of telehealth legislation approved in 2017. Here's a closer look at the 11 pieces of legislation in nine states that will take effect in 2018.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Since Dr. Lonnie Robinson began billing for TCM in March 2015, he has noticed a 40 percent increase in revenue for eligible hospital follow-up visits and a decrease in readmission rates from 13.1 percent to 8.2 percent.
No state has seen its uninsured rate fall faster since the implementation of the federal health law than Arkansas. But, dominated by anti-Obamacare lawmakers, Arkansas may not allow Medicaid expansion much longer.
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold federal subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Pennsylvania no longer will be establishing its own, state-run exchange, Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday.
Sarah Kliff spoke at a payment innovation summit in Portland today. She identified five states that we should watch to track experiments with new models of care and reimbursement. You can see her list and the reasons she chose each one in the slides above. Here is the list: Arkansas Maryland Massachusetts Oregon Utah Kliff […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
When Pennsylvania got the Obama administration’s sign-off on its Medicaid expansion plans last week, it became the ninth state with a Republican governor to agree to broaden coverage for low-income residents – a key component of Obama’s healthcare reform law. Getting to that point, though, wasn’t easy. The Obama administration has made itself open to […]
RxResults, a pharmacy benefits risk management company, has raised $4 million, according to a filing with the SEC. The company, headed by CEO Terry Baskin and based in Little Rock, Arkansas, provides its clients with informatics-powered tools that seek to reduce cost and improve quality for pharmacy benefits for both insurers and their members, according to […]
If all goes according to plan, next year many Arkansas Medicaid beneficiaries will be required to make monthly contributions to so-called Health Independence Accounts. Those that don’t may have to pay more of the cost of their medical services, and in some cases may be refused services. Supporters say it will help nudge beneficiaries toward […]
By Anne K. Walsh – The Supreme Court of Arkansas recently overturned (here and here) a lower court’s $1.2 billion award to the State of Arkansas, and also reversed and remanded the decision granting over $200 million in attorney’s fees and costs to the state. Putting aside the huge dollar figures at stake for Johnson […]
A new ophthalmic drug company hoping to reformulate existing drugs to “bring better drugs, at better prices, to the patient” looks to be getting off the ground with some early capital. Eye-Pharma, founded by a retina surgeon and pharmaceutical executives from the company Ezra Innovations in 2013, disclosed in a new SEC filing that it’s […]