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Anthem remains steadfast in its commitment to the pending acquisition of Cigna, President and CEO Joe Swedish said during a report Wednesday on second quarter earnings.
The new ratings are based on results tied to 64 measures that gauge care, readmissions, patient safety, financial management and imaging.
New Hampshire, Colorado and Maine each received an A due to the increased quality of their reporting and transparency websites.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released its star ratings for individual providers on its Hospital Compare website.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) said internal Olympus emails about that decision, detailed for the first time in a Los Angeles Times/Kaiser Health News article on Sunday, were "incredibly disturbing" and the company officials involved should face questions at a Congressional hearing.
With Medicare's specific approval, a health insurance company can enroll a member of its marketplace or other commercial plan into its Medicare Advantage coverage when that individual becomes eligible for Medicare.
While there was just over $7.5 billion invested and raised in venture capital in 2010, between then and 2015 it spiked to around $10.5 billion.
Anxiety and suspense are building in Kentucky as a potential clash over the state's high-achieving Medicaid expansion nears next month between Gov. Matt Bevin and the Obama administration.
Though finances are a great motivator to integrate patient care and focus on quality and outcomes, said Glenn Hirsch, MD, associate professor of medicine and clinical director in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.
University Hospitals in Cleveland recently became the first institution in Ohio to treat a patient using proton therapy. Their patient, a 24-year-old woman with rhabdomyosarcoma, was the first in the state to receive such care.