A new deal between Oscar Health and Berkshire Hathaway, a senator's criticism of the CEO of Centene Corp., and website satisfaction among health plan users were among the payer topics that piqued the interest of readers in August.
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Over 5,800 Americans died waiting for an organ transplant in 2018.
Total enrollment in the individual health insurance market fell in 2018 to 13.8 million, down from a high of 17.4 million in 2015, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Physician assistants and nurse practitioners represent the top fastest-growing jobs in 13 states, according to a CareerBuilder analysis cited by MarketWatch.
CMS will update its methodology for the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings in 2021, the agency announced Aug. 19.
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Health insurers selling policies on the ACA exchanges will be required to show star ratings for the first time during the 2020 enrollment period, CMS said Aug. 15.
Healthcare companies are the highest-paying employers in more than a quarter of all states, according to Money.
Kaiser Permanente ranked the highest among the largest U.S. health insurers for website satisfaction, according to a survey conducted by software company Verint.
Hospital quality ratings systems can misclassify hospital performance and provide conflicting information for healthcare consumers, eight physician leaders and researchers wrote in a commentary published in NEJM Catalyst.
Vermont is the best state in the U.S. to have a baby in 2019, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.