Several years ago, Highmark began questioning its exclusive relationships with specialty pharmacies and started working with Free Market Health, which matches patients to the pharmacy that best fits their needs.
Highmark and Sword Health launched a new virtual pelvic health offering on Monday. The program connects members with a pelvic health specialist.
See how Quantum Health is providing the steps to help their members tackle the cost of specialty medications and other drugs.
More than 4 million Highmark commercial members now have access to AppliedVR's RelieVRx as a covered therapeutic.
Through a new collaboration, Highmark’s care managers will be piloting Laguna's conversational AI technology when speaking with members.
There is a shortage of GLP-1s in the U.S. But experts have differing opinions on whose responsibility it is to be rationing the drugs.
Through the partnership, Highmark members will gain access to a personalized digital program that aims to reduce harmful drinking. The program includes virtual visits, medication-assisted treatment and coaching support.
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans provided funding to establish Evio, which aims to improve clinical outcomes and cut drug costs. It will initially only offer services to the founding health plans, including data analytics to determine drug performance and enhancing outcomes-based contracting.
The payer is expanding access to telehealth coaching for Freespria's digital device, which aims to eliminate or reduce symptoms of panic disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The expanded partnership increases the number of Highmark health plan members eligible for enrollment in Lark Health's AI-driven health coaching programs aimed at managing and preventing chronic diseases.
A new eBook explores the different ways public and private insurers are moving the needle forward to integrate and cover innovative technologies.
FASENRA® (benralizumab) injection, for subcutaneous use, 30 mg is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). FASENRA provides a treatment option for HCPs to consider when managing this challenging disease.
Highmark Health is turning its internal VITAL Innovation program into a commercial offering meant to help startups test their products in real-world clinical environments.
At the MedCity CONVERGE conference in Philadelphia on July 11, experts from Harvard Business School, payer Highmark and tech company Integra Connect explored how their organizations are approaching the intersection of cancer and value-based care.
One of the biggest barriers to wide-spread adoption of telemedicine is whether it’s covered by insurance. This is particularly true for consumers who might embrace it more readily if it’s not cost prohibitive but also for employers looking to contain health plan costs. So it’s not without warrant that Iagnosis, the parent company of DermatologistOnCall, […]
Pittsburgh’s dominant health insurance company and its largest healthcare provider are, essentially, getting a divorce. For decades, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center worked together. But as the line between insurance companies and health care providers across the country blurs, these longtime allies are venturing into each other’s business and becoming […]
Pittsburgh insurer Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is taking advantage of the brutal cold weather in the Midwest with a new appeal to catch consumers’ attention – and help them out, too. Earlier this month, Highmark turned the bus shelters at four Pittsburgh bus stops into “warming stations” with overhead heat lamps. Of course, the […]