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Centene Corp. named an inaugural group of medical and community leaders to its health disparities task force, the insurer said May 18.

Humana added Cincinnati and Detroit to its Bold Goal initiative, which is a population health strategy that aims to improve the health of the communities in the program, the insurer said May 11. 

Between 25 million and 43 million Americans could no longer be insured through their employer if the unemployment rate rises to an expected 20 percent in the coming months, according to a report from left-leaning think tank the Urban Institute.

About 28 million Americans have been laid off or furloughed since early March due to COVID-19, and it's likely 12.7 million lost health insurance through their employer as a result, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. 

Social, behavioral and environmental factors need to be incorporated into payment models that award providers for value over volume, according to a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

After pushback from people with disabilities and minority communities, Massachusetts is changing its guidelines on deciding who gets ventilators and intensive care beds in the event of an unmanageable surge of COVID-19 patients, according to NPR radio station WBUR.

The number of uninsured people in America is set to increase as COVID-19 leads to higher unemployment levels, according to an analysis from left-leaning think tank the Urban Institute.

To combat the opioid crisis that continues to claim lives in the U.S., more health systems are developing holistic programs to address opioid use disorder within the four walls of their hospitals.

As explained by VisitPay's Will Reilly, VisitPay's 2020 Annual Report, reveals through direct patient research, significant insights into what constitutes a more compassionate financial experience that benefits both patients and providers.  

As a co-founder of healthcare technology startup Kyruus and general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Julie Yoo is something of an anomaly — though she finds being singled out as a rare woman in each field both a…