Paige Minemyer
Health Insurance Reporter at Fierce Healthcare
Health insurance reporter and resident k-pop expert at @FierceHealth. @penn_state forever. Usually with my cat, Jon Snow. Send tips to [email protected].
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1 week ago |
fiercehealthcare.com | Paige Minemyer
Retail giant Walmart is rolling out a new platform for insurers and benefit managers that's designed to make it easier to encourage healthy eating. The tool, called Everyday Health Signals, is powered by artificial intelligence, analyzing a consumers' retail history on Walmart.com to surface personalized feedback such as shopping lists and nutrition analyses.
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1 week ago |
fiercehealthcare.com | Paige Minemyer
The number of people prescribed GLP-1 drugs for weight management has skyrocketed over the past five years, according to new data from FAIR Health. The report found that just over 2% of adults in the U.S. took a GLP-1 to treat obesity or overweight in 2024, up from just 0.3% in 2019. This is a relative increase of 586.7%, according to the analysts. The spike was even more stark among individuals who received a prescription but did not have a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
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1 week ago |
fiercehealthcare.com | Paige Minemyer
Customer satisfaction with health plans is on the decline, and the gap between the highest and lowest performers is getting wider, according to a new report. J.D. Power released its annual study looking at consumers' attitudes toward commercial health plans, which found that the average satisfaction score for this market is 563 on a 1,000-point scale. But there is notable variation in scores based on geography and plan, with a high of 594 and a low of 523.
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fiercehealthcare.com | Paige Minemyer
Anthem Blue Cross is making significant strides in expanding its California behavioral health network, adding more than 10,000 providers over the past two years. The health insurer, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, said in an announcement on Tuesday that there is "unprecedented" demand for mental and behavioral health services, making network expansions critical.
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2 weeks ago |
fiercehealthcare.com | Paige Minemyer
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed several updates to the ACO REACH program in 2026, though the model's long-term future remains unclear. CMS said that it is making changes to the model based on preliminary data on 2023 performance (PDF), which found that standard accountable care organizations saved $197.5 million in aggregate that year.
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