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Sharecare teams up with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield on Jump Shot for Health initiative to support Georgia Title 1 schools

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星期四, 四月 11, 2024
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ATLANTA, April 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sharecare (Nasdaq: SHCR) and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia jointly announced today an initiative to reward State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) members for engaging in healthy behaviors and support two Georgia Title 1 schools1 in the process. 

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  • Initiative made possible by community partners Sharecare, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield – Georgia, CVS Caremark, Atlanta Hawks, and Good Sports
    ATLANTA, April 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sharecare (Nasdaq: SHCR ) and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia jointly announced today an initiative to reward State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) members for engaging in healthy behaviors and support two Georgia Title 1 schools1 in the process.
  • To participate, SHBP members simply join the Jump Shot for Health steps challenge in the Sharecare app and select a school as the “team” to which they will allocate their daily steps count.
  • “By sponsoring the Jump Shot for Health program, Anthem furthers its mission of advancing physical activity and promoting healthy lifestyles for Georgia students and educators,” said Janalyn Kelly, state account vice president, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield - Georgia.
  • Administrators at Georgia Title 1 schools interested in learning more about Jump Shot for Health can visit the program’s information page for the latest information and updates.

Anthem and Ballad Health Announce New Contract

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星期一, 四月 22, 2024
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Ballad Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have signed a new multiyear agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities, and physicians in Anthem’s network in Virginia guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members in the Commonwealth.

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  • Ballad Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have signed a new multiyear agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities, and physicians in Anthem’s network in Virginia guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members in the Commonwealth.
  • Ballad Health is an integrated community health improvement organization serving 29 counties of the Appalachian Highlands in Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Northwest North Carolina, and Southeast Kentucky.
  • “While hospitals in many rural communities have closed or are closing, three Ballad Health hospitals in Southwest Virginia were recently named among the 100 best rural and community hospitals in America by the Chartis Foundation’s Center for Rural Health,” said Ballad Health Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alan Levine.
  • “This level of quality and access for Southwest Virginia is a result of the important partnership between Anthem and Ballad Health.

CarelonRx launches SpecialtyRx Savings Navigator to Enhance Affordability, Management of Specialty Medications

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星期一, 四月 22, 2024
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Today, CarelonRx announced the launch of SpecialtyRx Savings Navigator, a comprehensive approach to specialty medication savings across pharmacy and medical benefits.

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  • Today, CarelonRx announced the launch of SpecialtyRx Savings Navigator, a comprehensive approach to specialty medication savings across pharmacy and medical benefits.
  • This solution aims to help employers plan for the specialty spend of tomorrow, while providing advocacy and care to their employees who utilize specialty medications today.
  • Using advanced analytics, CarelonRx’s SpecialtyRx Savings Navigator will identify members whose health is at the greatest risk.
  • The SpecialtyRx Savings Navigator product is now available to integrated Administrative Services Only (ASO) clients.

Elevance Health Reports First Quarter 2024 Results

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星期四, 四月 18, 2024
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Operating revenue was $42.3 billion in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of $0.4 billion, or approximately 1 percent compared to the prior year quarter.

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  • Operating revenue was $42.3 billion in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of $0.4 billion, or approximately 1 percent compared to the prior year quarter.
  • Elevance Health now expects net income per diluted share to be greater than $34.05 in 2024 and adjusted diluted net income per share to be greater than $37.20.
  • During the first quarter of 2024, the Company paid a quarterly dividend of $1.63 per share, representing a distribution of cash totaling $379 million.
  • Health Benefits is comprised of Individual, Employer Group risk-based, Employer Group fee-based, BlueCard, Medicare, Medicaid, and Federal Health Products & Services businesses.

Elevance Health and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Sign Agreement to Launch Strategic Partnership to Advance Primary Care Delivery

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星期一, 四月 15, 2024
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Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE: ELV) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) announced an agreement to form a strategic partnership to accelerate innovation in primary care delivery, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve health outcomes.

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  • Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE: ELV) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) announced an agreement to form a strategic partnership to accelerate innovation in primary care delivery, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve health outcomes.
  • “CD&R’s collaboration with Elevance Health is an important step in our ongoing investment focus to accelerate innovation in care delivery across the country,” said Clay Richards, CD&R Operating Partner.
  • The foundation of the new advanced primary care offering will be stronger patient-provider relationships supported by data-driven insights, care coordination and referral management, and integrated health coaching.
  • apree health, Carelon Health, and MPG offer unique strengths that together promise to improve individuals’ health and wellbeing, while helping care providers deliver higher quality care.

Elevance Health Digital Transformation Strategy Analysis Report 2024: Accelerators, Incubators, and Innovation Programs - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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星期五, 四月 12, 2024
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This report provides insight into Elevance Health's tech activities, including its digital transformation strategies, its innovation programs, its technology initiatives, its estimated ICT budget, and its major ICT contracts.

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  • This report provides insight into Elevance Health's tech activities, including its digital transformation strategies, its innovation programs, its technology initiatives, its estimated ICT budget, and its major ICT contracts.
  • Elevance Health Inc (Elevance Health) is a health benefits company.
  • Elevance Health offers its products and services to large and small groups, federal government, Medicaid and Medicare markets, and individuals.
  • Elevance Health has been partnering with AI providers to improve its AI and develop solutions that help them improve consumer health.

More frequent and extreme weather events pose increasing risks to employee health and business performance

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星期一, 四月 22, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the growing number of studies linking the planet's changing climate to an increase in physical and mental health issues, less than one in five business leaders feel fully prepared to address the long-term, climate-driven health risks facing their workforce, according to an analysis of existing research released today by the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health (the Commission). The Commission's analysis brings to light the significant implications climate-related health risks can have on a business' people, operations, and performance – as well as the U.S. economy – as up to 84% of the value of S&P 500 companies is in human capital.

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  • Exposure to more frequent extreme heat, poor air quality and unprecedented weather events directly impacts physical and mental health and exacerbates underlying chronic conditions.
  • The Commission's analysis brings to light the significant implications climate-related health risks can have on a business' people, operations, and performance – as well as the U.S. economy – as up to 84% of the value of S&P 500 companies is in human capital.
  • In protecting the future health of our planet, we can't overlook the health vulnerabilities facing our workforce today.
  • To download a copy of Climate and Health: The Increasing Risks to Our People-Powered Economy and to learn more about the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health visit ClimateHealthCommission.org .

Vera Whole Health Celebrates its Launch of Value-Based, Advanced Primary Care Centers in Atlanta

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星期四, 四月 11, 2024
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ATLANTA, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vera Whole Health recently launched its first four advanced primary care centers in Atlanta.

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  • ATLANTA, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vera Whole Health recently launched its first four advanced primary care centers in Atlanta.
  • Vera Whole Health combines navigation with high quality primary care into a first-of-kind solution for the commercial market.
  • Once engaged, a dedicated and integrated care team – primary care providers, behavioral health clinicians, health coaches, care managers – surrounds each member, building trusted relationships that increase the number of high value touchpoints aimed at improving health outcomes.
  • For more information on this new, value-based advanced primary care model and how it can positively impact your organization, please contact Katie Christiansen at [email protected]

Aspira Women’s Health Announces Anthem Blue Cross to Provide Coverage for OvaSuite(SM) in California

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星期二, 四月 9, 2024
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Anthem Blue Cross will provide coverage for its commercial and government lines of business, including Medicare Advantage and Medicaid, which represents a total of approximately six million covered lives in California.

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  • Anthem Blue Cross will provide coverage for its commercial and government lines of business, including Medicare Advantage and Medicaid, which represents a total of approximately six million covered lives in California.
  • “We are very pleased to add Anthem Blue Cross to our list of payers providing coverage for our OvaSuite portfolio, which provides a clear benefit to physicians in their clinical assessment of women with adnexal masses,” said Torsten Hombeck, Chief Financial Officer of Aspira.
  • Our strategic focus on payer adoption continues to gather momentum.”
    Anthem is a leading health company dedicated to improving lives and communities.
  • Through its affiliated companies, Anthem serves more than 118 million people, including more than 45 million within its family of health plans.

Manifest MedEx Joins NCQA’s Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program

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星期二, 四月 9, 2024
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Manifest MedEx, California’s largest nonprofit health data network, announced today it will participate in the NCQA Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program to advance digitized quality measurement initiatives and help shape NCQA’s framework and approach to enabling the practical and flexible use of digital quality measures across the full spectrum of value-based care use cases, including quality reporting for health plans.

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  • Manifest MedEx, California’s largest nonprofit health data network, announced today it will participate in the NCQA Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program to advance digitized quality measurement initiatives and help shape NCQA’s framework and approach to enabling the practical and flexible use of digital quality measures across the full spectrum of value-based care use cases, including quality reporting for health plans.
  • Hosted in Manifest MedEx’s cloud environment, these digital measures take advantage of FHIR® and Clinical Quality Language (CQL), an expression language curated by HL7 that CMS, NCQA, and others have adopted for digital quality measures.
  • “Our participation as a pioneer and Early Adopter of NCQA’s Digital Content Services demonstrates our commitment to advancing digitized quality measurement initiatives to help streamline and reduce costs for HEDIS measure updates and certification and accelerate health care’s transition to a digital measurement ecosystem,” said Jason Buckner, Chief Information Officer, Manifest MedEx.
  • Manifest MedEx has participated in NCQA’s digital quality transformation programs since 2021 when it joined the first cohort of the NCQA Data Aggregator Validation program.