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UnitedHealthCare Community Plan Texas

Community plans provides low-cost clinical insurance coverage to recipients Medicaid and Medicare Benefit, as well as is just one of the largest carriers of Medicaid protection to states in the U.S.

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Medical Billing and Coding - What Is Healthcare and How Can You Get Into It?

Medical Billing and Coding - What Is Healthcare and How Can You Get Into It?

Healthcare is the practice of promoting and maintaining a person's physical and mental health. It aims at preventing illness and ensuring that..

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Texas, southern states had large spikes in ACA coverage for 2022 thanks to boosted subs...

Texas, southern states had large spikes in ACA coverage for 2022 thanks to boosted subs...

Texas saw a whopping 42% increase in Affordable Care Act (ACA) sign-ups for 2022 coverage compared to the year before, and southern states also had increases of 30% or more. | Texas and several other southern states saw increases of 30% or more in sign...

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Texas initiates bids for STAR+PLUS reprocurement - State of Reform

Texas initiates bids for STAR+PLUS reprocurement - State of Reform

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has released the RFP for STAR+PLUS, the state’s Medicaid managed care program integrating the delivery of Acute Care Services and Long-Term Services and Supports. The program provides health coverag...

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Food-as-medicine startup Season Health nabs $34M backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Cityblo...

Food-as-medicine startup Season Health nabs $34M backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Cityblo...

Season Health, a digital food pharmacy that combines meal prescriptions and delivery logistics to get meals on the table, scored $34 million to scale up its business. | Season Health, a digital food pharmacy that combines meal prescriptions and deliver...

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Medical Transportation Program | Texas Health and Human Services

Medical Transportation Program | Texas Health and Human Services

The Medical Transportation Program can arrange a ride to a doctor’s office, dentist’s office, hospital, drug store or any place that provides covered health care services. It can also pay for a bus, train or airplane ticket; or pay a friend, family mem...

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Anthem, Biogen, Eli Lilly and Pfizer develop digital endpoint toolkit to guide drug rei...

Anthem, Biogen, Eli Lilly and Pfizer develop digital endpoint toolkit to guide drug rei...

The pharmaceutical industry is making progress to incorporate digital endpoints into clinical trials as the industry shifts to decentralized clinical trials and as digital evidence plays a big | To prepare for the first drug labels and approvals based ...

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Jeff Zients: Congress' inability to pass new COVID-19 funding will disrupt response eff...

Jeff Zients: Congress' inability to pass new COVID-19 funding will disrupt response eff...

The White House’s COVID-19 czar said federal response efforts could be disrupted if Congress refuses to approve additional funding that was dropped in a must-pass spending bill last week. | White House COVID-19 czar Jeffrey Zients said there could be s...

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From Getting Paid to Managing Burnout, Panel Examines Future of Community Oncology Care

From Getting Paid to Managing Burnout, Panel Examines Future of Community Oncology Care

A panel on the first day of the Community Oncology Alliance 2022 Community Oncology Conference examines issues that will affect oncology practices in the future.

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40% increase in Black Americans insured since implementation of ACA

40% increase in Black Americans insured since implementation of ACA

HHS recently released a new report that shows historic gains in health care coverage access and affordability among Black Americans.

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Dual Eligible Project (MMP) | Texas Health and Human Services

Dual Eligible Project (MMP) | Texas Health and Human Services

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission offers a way to serve adults who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, known as dual-eligible members. The goal of the project is to better coordinate the care those dual-eligible members receive.

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United Healthcare Community Plan leaders discuss next steps for Hawaii health equity - ...

United Healthcare Community Plan leaders discuss next steps for Hawaii health equity - ...

America’s Health Rankings released its 2021 Health Disparities Report, which provides nationwide and state-specific data on health disparities leading up to the pandemic.

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HRSA to reopen provider relief fund reporting on April 11

HRSA to reopen provider relief fund reporting on April 11

Physicians across the country who accepted federal COVID-19 relief funds but failed to meet the Period 1 Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements will now have another opportunity to come into c...

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Webinar: The Future of Telehealth

Webinar: The Future of Telehealth

The past two years have seen enormous growth in the number of physicians implementing telehealth for the first time, with incentives, waivers and more making it easier to use. Now, physicians and the...

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April 2022 policy and protocol updates overview | UHCprovider.com

April 2022 policy and protocol updates overview | UHCprovider.com

Review the latest UnitedHealthcare prior authorization, medical policy, pharmacy, reimbursement, laboratory and policy and protocol updates.

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DMHC seeking provider input on improving the delivery of behavioral health care

DMHC seeking provider input on improving the delivery of behavioral health care

DMHC is looking for providers willing to participate in interviews to help assess barriers and challenges providers experience in providing behavioral health services.

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STAR+PLUS | Texas Health and Human Services

STAR+PLUS | Texas Health and Human Services

STAR+PLUS is a Texas Medicaid managed care program for people who have disabilities or are age 65 or older. People in STAR+PLUS get Medicaid health-care and long-term services and support through a medical plan that they choose.

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Industry Voices—Our national state of loneliness: Reimagining community as the cure

Industry Voices—Our national state of loneliness: Reimagining community as the cure

In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden announced a national strategy to address the country’s escalating mental health crisis, naming what so many of us have lived and felt: “ | Two years into the pandemic, it is understandable to...

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'We've always had the answers': Put underserved patients in the driver's seat to improv...

'We've always had the answers': Put underserved patients in the driver's seat to improv...

With billions of dollars pouring into healthcare every year and countless new technologies emerging, healthcare businesses in the U.S. are thriving. | FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., and others urged healthcare to prioritize rural residents and n...

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