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Highmark extends cost-sharing waivers for COVID care, telehealth, to June
Highmark is extending its waiver on cost-sharing for both inpatient hospital care related to COVID-19 and telehealth visits for members of the Pittsburgh-based insurer to June 30, as opposed to the original end date of March 31.
Telehealth claims exploded in 2020 for Highmark
Highmark members increased their use of telehealth services by 3,400% last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highmarkâs value-based reimbursement program saved members $1 billion over 3 years, company says
Since Highmark Inc. began offering its value-based reimbursement program for primary care physicians in 2017, the Pittsburgh-based insurer says it helped its members avoid more than $1 billion in emergency department visits and hospital admissions.
Highmark Medicare waives co-pays for COVID inpatient hospital care in 2021
In preparation for its Medicare product rollout for 2020, Highmark Health ensured that it had the infrastructure to allow all of its Medicare consumers the ability to receive care through telehealth.
Penn State Health, Highmark to open new Cumberland County health center
Penn State Health and Highmark Health plan to begin construction on a new health practice at Highmarkâs corporate campus in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County.
PA Clinical Network signs value-based contract with Geisinger Health Plan
PA Clinical Network, a Harrisburg-based organization consisting of independent physicians, signed a value-based contract with Geisinger Health Plan. Geisinger is the fifth a regional health insurer to partner with PA Clinical Network and its 150 independent physicians, the two groups announced on Tuesday.
Highmark to affiliate with New York-based insurer
Highmark Health announced today that it plans to affiliate with HealthNow New York Inc. â a Buffalo-based insurer operating in 21 New York counties.
Highmark extends waivers for COVID-19 treatment and telemedicine payments
Highmark said it will be waiving deductibles, coinsurance and copayments for telehealth services and inpatient hospital care related to COVID-19 through September 30.
Highmark advances $30 million in payments to physicians
Highmark is advancing more than $30 million in payments to primary care physicians through its True Performance reimbursement program.
Highmark waves deductibles, copays for COVID-19 hospital treatment
Highmark members who require in-network, inpatient hospital care for COVID-19 will not have to pay deductibles, coinsurance and copays, effective immediately.
Capital BlueCross CEO helped reshape the health care companyâs role
Capital BlueCross CEO and President Gary St. Hilaire will leave the Harrisburg-based insurer next month after guiding it through years of growth to become a major presence in the midstateâs competitive insurance market.
Highmark and WellSpan form partnership, say it will improve health care
Highmark Blue Shield will be offering a new health insurance product for WellSpan patients as part of a recently announced strategic partnership.
