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Wellpoint Tennessee Earns NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus

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목요일, 1월 11, 2024
Professional Services, Health, Hospitals, Insurance, Health Insurance, Managed Care, General Health, Overalls, Employment, Quality assurance, Medicaid, Geography, Food, NCQA, Health equity, Housing, Andrew Kohut, National Committee, Elevance Health, Accreditation, Transport, Education, Nursing

Wellpoint Tennessee, formerly Amerigroup, recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Wellpoint’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access to equitable, high-quality healthcare.

Key Points: 
  • Wellpoint Tennessee, formerly Amerigroup, recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Wellpoint’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access to equitable, high-quality healthcare.
  • “NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation Plus recognizes our unwavering dedication to eliminating health disparities and helping ensure access to high-quality care for everyone,” said Natalie Cooper, Wellpoint Tennessee President.
  • “This milestone positions Wellpoint at the forefront of advancing health equity through our innovative programs that provide access to individualized care to improve the whole health of our members.”
    NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus builds upon the Health Equity Accreditation designation Wellpoint received last year, when they were recognized among the first Medicaid plans in the nation to create a strategic framework that prioritizes health equity.
  • “Organizations earning the Health Equity Accreditation Plus like Wellpoint are leading the way in bridging this gap, and NCQA salutes their commitment.”

Elevance Health Addresses Healthcare’s Digital Divide by Increasing Access to High-Quality Smartphones and Health-Related Digital Services

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수요일, 1월 10, 2024
General Health, Health, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Health Insurance, AT&T, Medicaid, Verizon Communications, Insurance, Samsung, ACP, Electronics, Elevance Health, Internet, Consumer electronics, Smartphone

These devices will be preloaded with a customized experience and give individuals access to digital and virtual healthcare tools that they might otherwise not have had.

Key Points: 
  • These devices will be preloaded with a customized experience and give individuals access to digital and virtual healthcare tools that they might otherwise not have had.
  • “Increased availability of digital technologies, such as a smartphone, as well as fast, reliable internet is critical to supporting a person’s health journey," said Omid Toloui, Vice President, Innovation, at Elevance Health.
  • "The lack of sufficient internet connectivity and technology access remains a significant barrier for many – increasing health inequities," said Kurt Small, President of Elevance Health’s Medicaid business.
  • To check eligibility and participate in the program, if appropriate:
    Individuals will work with their Elevance Health affiliated Medicaid health plan to check their eligibility for financial support through the ACP.

Elevance Health to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Fourth Quarter Results on January 24, 2024

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수요일, 1월 10, 2024
Health, Telemedicine, Virtual Medicine, Hospitals, Health Technology, Physical Therapy, Health Insurance, Managed Care, Elevance Health, ELV, Webcast, EDT

Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) will release fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results on January 24, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”).

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  • Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) will release fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results on January 24, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”).
  • Management will review these results and its outlook during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT that same morning.
  • The call will also be available through a live webcast at www.elevancehealth.com under the “Investors” link.
  • A webcast replay will be available following the call.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana Earns NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus

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화요일, 1월 9, 2024
Professional Services, Health, Insurance, Practice Management, Health Insurance, Managed Care, Community, Community health worker, Anthem, Overalls, Blue Shield, Employment, Quality assurance, Medicaid, Geography, Food, NCQA, Health equity, Housing, Blue Cross, Andrew Kohut, Language, National Committee, Gender identity, Accreditation, Transport, Elevance Health, Education, Nursing

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Medicaid health plan in Indiana recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Anthem’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access to equitable, high-quality healthcare.

Key Points: 
  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Medicaid health plan in Indiana recently earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus, a recognition of Anthem’s leadership in developing solutions to enhance access to equitable, high-quality healthcare.
  • “NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation Plus recognizes our unwavering dedication to eliminating health disparities and helping ensure access to high-quality care for everyone,” said Dr. Kimberly Roop, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Medicaid President in Indiana.
  • “This milestone positions Anthem at the forefront of advancing health equity through our innovative programs that provide access to individualized care to improve the whole health of our members.”
    NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus builds upon the Health Equity Accreditation designation Anthem received last year, when they were recognized among the first Medicaid plans in the nation to create a strategic framework that prioritizes health equity based on race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
  • “Organizations earning the Health Equity Accreditation Plus like Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana are leading the way in bridging this gap, and NCQA salutes their commitment.”

FlexJobs Announces Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2024

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화요일, 1월 9, 2024
Senior, Zillow, Health, Accounting, Travel, Williams Sonoma, SAP, Computer, BCD, ModSquad, UnitedHealth Group, BCD Group, Culture, Elevance Health, Workforce, Marketing, Education, Management

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FlexJobs®, the leading career service specializing in remote and flexible work, today announces the release of the Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2024. The 11th annual list is based on an analysis of approximately 60,000 companies and their remote job posting histories in the FlexJobs database between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. The 100 companies featured had the highest number of remote job openings throughout 2023. A "remote job" is defined as a professional-level role that allows the worker to perform their job from home either entirely or part of the time.

Key Points: 
  • Among the top companies is Williams-Sonoma (#5), which embraces remote work to reach talent across career areas including marketing, customer service, retail, and manufacturing.
  • Six employers––CVS Health, Elevance Health, Kelly, SAP, Stride, Inc., and UnitedHealth Group––have made FlexJobs' Top 100 list every year since its debut in 2014.
  • "BCD Travel is honored to be recognized in the FlexJobs' Top 100 Companies for Remote Jobs list," said Christian Dahl, Senior Vice President of People & Culture at BCD Travel.
  • The top 10 career categories with the highest number of remote job postings in the FlexJobs database in 2023 were:

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Announces Coverage for the eCoin System for Urinary Incontinence

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화요일, 1월 9, 2024
Patient, Blue Shield, OAB, Leg, Health, Food and Drug Administration, TNS, Urinary incontinence, Quality of life, Food, CPT, Safety, FDA, Physician, Elevance Health, PMA, Clinical trial, United, Tibial nerve

VALENCIA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --Valencia Technologies Corporation announced today that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield published a coverage policy for the eCoin® System procedure effective December 28, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • VALENCIA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --Valencia Technologies Corporation announced today that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield published a coverage policy for the eCoin® System procedure effective December 28, 2023.
  • The eCoin system is an innovative, implanted, leadless tibial neurostimulator for the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), secondary to overactive bladder (OAB).
  • Effective December 28, 2023, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced in a published medical policy their decision to cover the eCoin® System implantable tibial nerve stimulation (TNS) procedure when medical necessity criteria are met.
  • We couldn't be more pleased that our efforts resulted in early coverage adoption from an influential health plan like Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield."

MediDrive®, a CTG Partner Company, announces formal entry into the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Market

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월요일, 1월 8, 2024
CTG, Paratransit, Elevance Health, Health, Hospital, Research, Empire, Health equity, Business development, Transport, Patient, Nursing

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For over forty-five years, the Corporate Transportation Group (CTG) has built an incredibly successful people transportation business, that has included customers among leading U.S. corporation, para transit, municipalities, health insurers, and direct-to-consumer channels all backed by industry leading technology.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Eduard Slinin, CEO of CTG announced that CTG has partnered to form a new company, MediDrive, to focus on the burgeoning Non-Emergency Medical Transportation market.
  • MediDrive will be headed by Alan J. Murray as a partner and President of the new venture.
  • Mr. Slinin said, "Over the last 40 years CTG has become a worldwide leader in corporate transportation.
  • Outside the New York market, MediDrive will initially use its growing national affiliate network of NEMT vehicles.

Elevance Health to Acquire Paragon Healthcare

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목요일, 1월 4, 2024
Health, Practice Management, Other Health, Managed Care, General Health, Pharmaceutical, Paragon, Acquisition, Patient, Elevance Health, Pharmacy, ELV

Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Paragon Healthcare, Inc., a company specializing in life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable therapies.

Key Points: 
  • Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Paragon Healthcare, Inc., a company specializing in life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable therapies.
  • Following the acquisition, Elevance Health will look to expand Paragon Healthcare’s geographical footprint and operations while bolstering its therapeutic coverage.
  • Once integrated, Paragon Healthcare patients who receive both medical and pharmacy benefits from Elevance Health’s subsidiaries will benefit from the company’s ability to leverage medical and pharmacy data to deliver proactive, whole health insights.
  • After the acquisition closes, Paragon Healthcare will operate as part of CarelonRx, the pharmacy services segment within Carelon, Elevance Health’s health services division.

UnitedHealth Group and Allianz SE Maintain Top Spots on AM Best’s Largest Insurer Rankings

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목요일, 1월 4, 2024
Insurance, Professional Services, UnitedHealth Group, Elevance Health, Research, NPW, Prudential Financial, Allianz, AXA, Centene Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway

In addition, Allianz SE remained in its top spot by nonbanking assets, at $1.1 trillion, despite a 10% drop from the previous year.

Key Points: 
  • In addition, Allianz SE remained in its top spot by nonbanking assets, at $1.1 trillion, despite a 10% drop from the previous year.
  • AM Best released the rankings of the world’s largest global insurance companies, by NPW and nonbanking assets, in the January 2024 issue of Best's Review , available now.
  • Ping An insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd. surged to second behind Allianz SE from fourth place as its assets rose 11.4% to $960.7 billion in 2022.
  • The top 10 global insurers ranked by 2022 NPW are as follows:
    Kaiser Foundation Group of Health Plans, United States
    Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd., China
    China Life Insurance (Group) Company, China

Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation Announces Joint Venture with Akido Labs

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목요일, 12월 21, 2023
Friction, Cigna, PCMH, Partnership, Pharmacy, CFO, Providence College, Physician, Health, Environment, MD, National Committee, NCQA, Mental health, Elevance Health, Business development, Midwestern University, Kaiser Permanente, Quality assurance, Patient, Safety, Intelligence, Brown University, USC, Nursing

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rhode Island’s largest and most recognized physician-led healthcare organization, Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation (“RIPCPC”), today announced its partnership with healthcare technology and care delivery company, Akido Labs (“Akido”), in a joint venture that expands RIPCPC’s 30-year statewide record of excellence in the delivery of health care and service to the people of Rhode Island and its commitment to the continuous improvement in the quality, safety and experience of care for patients and caregivers alike. Through this partnership, Akido will grow its medical network to the east coast, nearly doubling its patient base to just under half a million and creating bicoastal innovation hubs designed to build and share best practices with a focus on deepening the doctor-patient relationship.

Key Points: 
  • In addition to its leading primary care programs, RIPCPC has developed wraparound services, including nurse care management, pharmacy, mental health and performance improvement functions, as well as a team-based care model that prioritizes the patient experience.
  • Its “whole person” care philosophy is designed around social determinants of health and built to create high quality, accessible care for all.
  • “Akido is transforming healthcare by leveraging data and artificial intelligence to empower our providers and provide the best possible care for our patients.
  • “As a practicing family physician in Rhode Island and RIPCPC member for over 20 years, I am thrilled that our organization has partnered with Akido.