Mission Health System in Asheville, North Carolina is looking for a candidate with strong executive leadership and revenue cycle experience to fill the Vice President, Patient Financial Services position at Mission Hospital.
Compensation Issues
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Health insurer Humana and Chicago-based provider Oak Street Health partnered to add four primary care practices to the payer's Medicare Advantage Plan in Michigan and Indiana.
Benefits provider Symetra will offer three gap plans for employees with high out-of-pocket healthcare costs.
Health insurer Centene filed requests with the Arizona Department of Insurance and CMS to offer health plans on Arizona's Affordable Care Act exchange in the state's most populous counties.
Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg, Ohio, and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio have implemented a bundled payment structure for total joint replacement surgeries, reports Crain's Cleveland Business.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont has engaged the state in a reconciliation process to procure $6.2M the insurer said it paid in patient claims and is owed in premiums, reports Times Argus.
Mylan, the Amsterdam-based company facing large scrutiny from the media, consumers and politicians for its drug pricing practices, ranks second-highest among all U.S. drug and biotech firms in executive compensation, reports The Wall Street Journal.
With open enrollment approaching, global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson said employees should engage with their employers to better understand health insurance benefits.
Westchester Medical Center paid 18 employees $4.6 million in bonuses from 2013 through 2015, and the Valhalla, N.Y.-based system failed to keep sufficient records for why it paid many of those bonuses, according to The Journal News, which cites a…