Who Should Be Responsible for Rationing GLP-1s?
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.
Highmark partners with Ria Health to offer alcohol use disorder-specific telehealth services
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.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
5 Blues plans launch pharmacy solutions startup Evio
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.
Highmark expands access to device that helps manage panic, PTSD symptoms
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.
Highmark, Lark Health extend collaboration
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.
How are payers advancing innovation?
A new eBook explores the different ways public and private insurers are moving the needle forward to integrate and cover innovative technologies.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Can Highmark successfully commercialize the healthcare innovation process?
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.
How value-based care and oncology come together in the healthcare ecosystem
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.
Telemedicine gets a commercial payer with Iagnosis, Highmark collaboration
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, […]
Two Pittsburgh healthcare giants are breaking up, and it could get messy for the patients
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 […]
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Highmark’s clever marketing play: Escape the polar vortex — and then get health insurance
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 […]