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Who Should Be Responsible for Rationing GLP-1s?

Marissa Plescia — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 05:20:02 +0000

There is a shortage of GLP-1s in the U.S. But experts have differing opinions on whose responsibility it is to be rationing the drugs.

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Highmark partners with Ria Health to offer alcohol use disorder-specific telehealth services

Anuja Vaidya — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:16:00 +0000

Through the partnership, Highmark members will gain access to a personalized digital program that aims to reduce harmful drinking. The program includes virtual visits, medication-assisted treatment and coaching support.

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5 Blues plans launch pharmacy solutions startup Evio

Anuja Vaidya — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 22:24:40 +0000

Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans provided funding to establish Evio, which aims to improve clinical outcomes and cut drug costs. It will initially only offer services to the founding health plans, including data analytics to determine drug performance and enhancing outcomes-based contracting.

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Highmark expands access to device that helps manage panic, PTSD symptoms

Anuja Vaidya — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:44:05 +0000

The payer is expanding access to telehealth coaching for Freespria’s digital device, which aims to eliminate or reduce symptoms of panic disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Highmark, Lark Health extend collaboration

Anuja Vaidya — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:00:13 +0000

The expanded partnership increases the number of Highmark health plan members eligible for enrollment in Lark Health’s AI-driven health coaching programs aimed at managing and preventing chronic diseases.

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How are payers advancing innovation?

Stephanie Baum — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:02:20 +0000

A new eBook explores the different ways public and private insurers are moving the needle forward to integrate and cover innovative technologies.

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Can Highmark successfully commercialize the healthcare innovation process?

Kevin Truong — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:42:20 +0000

Highmark Health is turning its internal VITAL Innovation program into a commercial offering meant to help startups test their products in real-world clinical environments.

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How value-based care and oncology come together in the healthcare ecosystem

Erin Dietsche — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 02:00:11 +0000

At the MedCity CONVERGE conference in Philadelphia on July 11, experts from Harvard Business School, payer Highmark and tech company Integra Connect explored how their organizations are approaching the intersection of cancer and value-based care.

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Telemedicine gets a commercial payer with Iagnosis, Highmark collaboration

Dan Verel — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:00:18 +0000

One of the biggest barriers to wide-spread adoption of telemedicine is whether it’s covered by insurance. This is particularly true for consumers who might embrace it more readily if it’s not cost prohibitive but also for employers looking to contain health plan costs. So it’s not without warrant that Iagnosis, the parent company of DermatologistOnCall, […]

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Two Pittsburgh healthcare giants are breaking up, and it could get messy for the patients

Jeff Brady, NPR News — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:12:05 +0000

Pittsburgh’s dominant health insurance company and its largest healthcare provider are, essentially, getting a divorce. For decades, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center worked together. But as the line between insurance companies and health care providers across the country blurs, these longtime allies are venturing into each other’s business and becoming […]

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Highmark’s clever marketing play: Escape the polar vortex — and then get health insurance

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:26:11 +0000

Pittsburgh insurer Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is taking advantage of the brutal cold weather in the Midwest with a new appeal to catch consumers’ attention – and help them out, too. Earlier this month, Highmark turned the bus shelters at four Pittsburgh bus stops into “warming stations” with overhead heat lamps. Of course, the […]

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