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Vertical Integration Raises Spending for Medicare Advantage Plans

March 28, 2023 - Owning related businesses was associated with higher healthcare expenditures for Medicare Advantage plans, pointing to some of the consequences of vertical integration, a report from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy highlighted. Vertical integration in the healthcare sector can lead to differing results when it comes to...

Centene Finalizes Acquisition of Behavioral Healthcare Platform

January 07, 2022 by Victoria Bailey

Centene has completed its acquisition of the behavioral healthcare platform Magellan Health, which will allow the payer to provide members with low-cost integrated healthcare services. “Magellan...

Payer Empowers Grassroots Movement to Tackle Opioids Epidemic

September 09, 2020 by Kelsey Waddill

While payers are pursuing high quality substance abuse care for their members, supporting employees through substance abuse and reducing stigmas around the opioids epidemic is equally critical,...

Sentara Healthcare, Cone Health Announce Value-Based Care Merger

August 13, 2020 by Kelsey Waddill

Sentara Healthcare, an integrated, non-profit health system, has announced a value-based care merger with the nonprofit integrated healthcare network Cone Health. “Sentara Healthcare and Cone...

Integrated Care Reduces Hospital Stays for Medicaid Children

February 18, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

Children enrolled in Medicaid and exposed to an integrated care management program experienced a decrease of 0.39 monthly hospital admissions and 2.20 monthly bed-days per 1,000 children, compared to...

BCBSTX’s New Medical Centers Seek Multicultural Value-Based Care

October 07, 2019 by Kelsey Waddill

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) opened the first of ten medical centers with Sanitas Medical Center (Sanitas), the payer announced last week, with an emphasis on their pursuit of...

Integrated Care Model Lowers Health System Medical Costs

December 07, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

Cigna’s integrated care model partnership with Texas-based Catalyst Health helped reduce the health system’s total medical costs to 5.6 percent below industry averages, the organizations...