Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell and his wife, Martha Cornell, donated $10 million Oct. 20 to the Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Healthcare Foundation to create a new behavioral health facility.
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New legislation in the Senate is looking to broaden Medicaid, Medicare, Children's Health Insurance Program and Veterans Affairs coverage for incarcerated individuals awaiting trial.
President Joe Biden and Colorado state officials signed off on a decision that requires payers representing a quarter of the state's market to cover gender-affirming care.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is contributing $3.2 million to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Alliance study on food insecurity and people with hypertension.
The surge in ACA marketplace enrollments is drawing attention to public insurance's lacking coverage of gender-affirming hormone treatments.
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is funneling $2.2 million into different organizations in an effort to support equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and pandemic recovery.
A study from NORC at the University of Chicago revealed that just over 1 percent of Medicare beneficiaries had their social needs tracked in 2018 healthcare claims.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont and a family nurse practitioner from the state played key roles in new food insecurity diagnostic codes going into effect Oct. 1.
AmeriHealth Caritas is launching a subsidiary focused on solutions to social determinants of health, dubbed Social Determinants of Life, Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas announced Sept. 28.
WellCare signed a multiyear partnership with the Carolina Panthers football team to improve the well-being of older adults throughout the Carolinas.