Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

CMS final rule boosts insurer user fees and extends ACA open enrollment period for 2022 coverage year. Fri, 09/17/2021 - 17:19.

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Insurance 108

STAT

JUNE 5, 2023

Publicly traded health insurers were not the only ones in the industry that continued to amass large windfalls in 2022. billion in profit for Health Care Service Corp., the parent of five Blues plans. A quadrupling of profit at BCBS of Alabama. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Insurance 98

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Goldman Sachs forecasts positive outlook for insurers in 2022, buoyed by shift to value-based care. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 16:54.

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Insurance 103

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 11, 2022

Labor Department demands insurers to stop flouting ACA's birth control rules. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 12:06.

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Insurance 124

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 10, 2022

Insurers must cover at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. Mon, 01/10/2022 - 16:18. 15 under new CMS directive.

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Insurance 132

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Mark Cuban's drug company targets self-insured employer market. Fri, 12/09/2022 - 13:51.

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Insurance 119

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

UnitedHealth continues to lead the way on insurer profits in Q3. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 15:36. Here's how its competitors fared.

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Insurance 132

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2022

As enrollment on the ACA exchanges surges, insurer participation growth is more modest: study. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 15:00.

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Insurance 112

The Checkup by Singlecare

APRIL 14, 2024

Without insurance coverage, Rexulti’s average price is around $1,926 for a 30-day supply. In August 2022, the FDA approved a generic version of brexpiprazole for schizophrenia as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants for treating MDD. Is Rexulti covered by insurance? How much does Rexulti cost without insurance?

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Insurance Insurance Coverage FDA Dosage 98

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 25, 2022

Insurers missing the mark on mental health parity, new federal report says. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 15:01.

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Insurance 104

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 21, 2022

KFF: 4 out of 13 major insurers rely on mail and faxes to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 11:05.

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Insurance 112

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2022

Senators want Medicare to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests just like commercial insurers. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 16:20.

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Insurance 104

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 30, 2023

As large employers take a step back from self-insurance, small- and medium-sized employers are taking a step forward in embracing that coverage option, according to an issue brief by the Employee B | The share of large employers offering self-insurance options to employees steadily declined since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, with it dropping (..)

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Insurance 108

The Checkup by Singlecare

MARCH 8, 2024

Is Restasis covered by insurance? | How much does Restasis cost without insurance? | How to get Restasis without insurance Restasis is a prescription eye drop with the active ingredient cyclosporine approved by the U.S. The FDA approved a generic version of Restasis in February 2022.

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Insurance Insurance Coverage Compounding FDA 98

STAT

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During 2022, drugmakers substantially raised prices on eight widely used medicines without any new clinical evidence to justify the increases, leading patients and health insurers in the U.S. to spend an additional $1.2 billion last year, according to a new report.

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Insurance 143

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2022

Insurers applaud CMS' proposal for Medicare to only cover Aduhelm for seniors in clinical trials. Wed, 01/12/2022 - 17:20.

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Insurance 103

The Checkup by Singlecare

JULY 2, 2024

Without insurance, it could cost about $363 for each dose of the Gardasil 9 vaccine. Many commercial, private, and state-funded health plans cover some or all of the cost of Gardasil 9, but there are ways to save money if you don’t have insurance. Is Gardasil 9 covered by insurance? Here’s how. Is there a generic Gardasil 9?

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Insurance Vaccines Insurance Coverage FDA 98

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Podnosis': How insurers are using data to personalize care and how to fix primary care. Tue, 12/13/2022 - 13:54.

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Insurance 98

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Insurers offer initial praise of CMS' Medicare Advantage, Part D notice. Thu, 02/03/2022 - 14:28.

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Insurance 91

STAT

JANUARY 3, 2023

For almost three years, hospitals and health insurers have been riding the waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic’s “public health emergency” has been a boon for state Medicaid rolls and the health insurance companies that manage those programs. million people.

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Insurance Hospitals Health Insurance Companies 98

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 14, 2022

2023 forecast: Employers who self-insure face new responsibilities and opportunities. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 08:56.

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Insurance 82

STAT

DECEMBER 19, 2023

trillion in federal and state health care expenditures in 2022 — about 41% of the nearly $4.5 American taxpayers footed the bill for at least $1.8 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. recorded last year, according to the annual report released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Insurance 145

PhRMA

DECEMBER 9, 2022

On December 7, 2022, PhRMA sponsored the Axios event, “ The Post-Midterm Health Care Agenda ,” where I participated in a View from the Top segment with Nicholas Johnston, publisher of Axios. With a divided Congress, bipartisan action will be necessary to move the needle on health care policy.

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Insurance 263

STAT

OCTOBER 25, 2024

  “On a population level, among a subset of commercially insured individuals, that is the tradeoff that is happening” said Thomas Tsai, the lead author of a new study that looked at health records of 17 million privately insured Americans with obesity.

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Insurance Hospitals 144

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Centene President Ken Fasola will retire next summer, the insurer revealed | Ken Fasola joined the team at Centene in 2022 when the insurer completed its $2.2 billion acquisition of Magellan Health.

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Insurance 115

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here's how much more commercial insurers pay for the first year of dialysis than Medicare. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 11:30.

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Insurance 80

DiversifyRx

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dive into our top 2022 suggestions for increasing your non-PBM revenue to grow and stabilize your pharmacy profits. Last week we shared our Top 2022 Blog Resources To Increase Cash-Based Revenue , which covers our first Pharmacy Profit Pillar Cash-Based Revenue. We like to differentiate non-PBM revenue from cash-based revenue.

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Independent Pharmacies Insurance Patient Care 98

STAT

APRIL 17, 2024

Federal rules forcing hospitals and insurers to post rates for medical procedures have taken effect, but the data’s so messy that a crop of new startups is rushing in to make a business out of parsing it for whoever is willing to pay. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Hospitals Insurance 129

STAT

APRIL 17, 2023

free rides to appointments in 2021 and 2022. Uber says patients who participated in the pilot were slightly more likely to get prenatal care, and it’s shopping the data around to insurers in a bid to get them to pay for the service. Read the rest…

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Insurance 97

STAT

MARCH 29, 2024

health insurers have agreed to start paying for the Wegovy weight-loss drug for certain people on Medicare with heart conditions, The Wall Street Journal reports. From 2013 to 2022, pharmaceutical and device companies made more than 85 million payments totaling $12.1 Well, whatever you do, have a grand time. But be safe.

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Insurance Coverage Insurance 113

STAT

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Major insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare and Humana have edged out private equity firms from investing in Medicare Advantage, according to a new report. But investors have found pockets of profits by backing companies involved in enrolling seniors in MA plans and keeping track of them once they’re there.

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Insurance 131

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

billion was spent by hospitals and health systems on claims adjudication in 2023, a 23% increase over 2022, according to a Premier member survey. Among the 15% of claims denied by insurers, more than two-thirds were ultimately paid out. An estimated $25.7

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Insurance Hospitals 117

Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

What You Need to Know: 2022 Internship Program Information Our 11-week paid internships allow university undergraduate and graduate students to gain real-life experience while working on projects alongside our teams and leaders, learning about Omnicell's products and solutions , and engaging in social and learning activities.

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STAT

APRIL 4, 2024

Private health insurance premiums paid by working age adults are rising rapidly. trillion in 2022 , finding ways to cut costs has become increasingly urgent. The prices charged by hospitals are exorbitant and rising. Many Americans skip necessary medical care, while those who do get treated can end up bankrupt. Read the rest…

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Hospitals Insurance 140

The Checkup by Singlecare

MAY 17, 2023

What is health insurance? | How common is health insurance? Health insurance stats by ethnicity | Health insurance stats by state | Health insurance stats by age group | Health insurance stats by type | Common complications | Costs | Treatment | FAQs | Research Health insurance is a hot topic these days.

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Insurance Insurance Coverage Hospitals 52

STAT

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This year, STAT deepened its footholds in a number of coverage areas, from hospitals and insurance to reproductive health to health tech. Our staff also looked with admiration — and some envy — to many other journalists doing great reporting in these spaces.

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STAT

JUNE 5, 2024

When Sutter Health was on trial for anticompetitive conduct in 2022, the San Francisco jury missed out on some crucial details. They didn’t hear, for example, how its former finance chief said the system would make an extra $200 million per year by making insurers contract with all of its hospitals instead of just a few.

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Insurance Hospitals 121