PhRMA

MAY 8, 2023

This new law will ensure that Indiana patients aren’t paying more for their medicines than their health insurance company or the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Indiana patients should have access to affordable medicines, and this legislation is a significant step toward achieving that goal.

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STAT

APRIL 28, 2023

Bright Health Group started as a health insurance company. Bright is looking to sell off the Medicare Advantage plans it manages in California, the company said Friday. But it will no longer be one.

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JUNE 14, 2023

A top executive at UnitedHealth Group said Tuesday that the health insurance and services conglomerate has noticed “a meaningfully higher number” of outpatient visits among Medicare patients in the second quarter of this year. Those outpatient centers are seeing “strong volumes,” according to Rex.

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MARCH 31, 2023

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration backed off some of its plans to rein in billions of dollars from wasteful spending in Medicare Advantage next year, after intense lobbying from health insurance companies.

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STAT

JUNE 14, 2024

The federal government is rescoring the quality ratings of this year’s Medicare Advantage plans, which could lead to an additional $1 billion of taxpayer money flowing into the coffers of health insurance companies. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier about the government’s pending action.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Without insurance, the average cost of Synjardy is $789 for 60, 12.5-1000 Is Synjardy covered by insurance? Coverage varies depending on your specific insurance plan. Each health insurance company has certain eligibility requirements, including its drug formulary. 1000 mg tablets. 1000 mg tablets.

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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.

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STAT

OCTOBER 4, 2024

  Italian pharma company Recordati said it will buy from Sanofi the global rights to an approved drug to treat cold agglutinin disease , a rare autoimmune disorder, for $825 million, Reuters reports.    The Medicare Advantage market is expected to grow in 2025, despite big changes from insurers , STAT reports.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Although it’s effective for treating pain from endometriosis, it may be difficult for some people to pay for, at over $1,600 for a month’s supply without insurance. We’ll go over the specifics about paying for Orilissa with or without insurance and share some ways to save. Is Orilissa covered by insurance?

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STAT

JULY 25, 2024

UnitedHealth Group started out as a small, Minnesota health insurance company and has since morphed into a modern-day Standard Oil, exerting unmatched dominance over health care in the United States.

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STAT

OCTOBER 2, 2024

It worked maybe a little too well for CVS, as the surge in new customers backfired when the medical costs for those sporty seniors spiraled well beyond the company’s expectations. Now, after the Woonsocket, R.I.-based

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STAT

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Having worked as a medical director for several large health insurance companies and having suffered through the Change fiasco herself as a rehab doctor with a private practice in Kansas City, she figured that if her data had been exposed in that February breach, she would have been notified by now.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

JULY 3, 2024

Without insurance, the cash price of cyclosporine as Gengraf can cost around $245 for 30, 100 mg tablets. Some other ophthalmic cyclosporine formulations are slightly less expensive without insurance, but there are no over-the-counter alternatives. Is cyclosporine covered by insurance? It has also been approved by the U.S.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

JULY 10, 2024

Without insurance, the average cost of Novolog Flexpen is $147 for a single 3 mL pen of 100 units/mL (typically providing a 30-day supply). Is Novolog Flexpen covered by insurance? Novolog FlexPen is typically covered by insurance plans and Medicare Part D , but copays will vary by health plan.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 4, 2023

million in seed funding to hone its go-to-market strategy, hire more talent and launch its first pilot in partnership with a cancer center and health insurance company. . | Maia Oncology raised $4.25

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STAT

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Devoted Health has been one of the most prominent health insurance and provider startups of the past decade — founded and overseen by several alumni of former President Barack Obama’s administration. And Devoted isn’t sharing many details about its progress, either.

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PhRMA

MARCH 2, 2023

These include things like making sure patients aren’t paying more for their medicines than their health insurance company or requiring first-dollar coverage, so insurance companies cover the cost of certain lifesaving medicines from day one of the plan year.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The lawsuit builds on the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint filed in September, which argued USAP and Welsh Carson illegally bought up anesthesia practices across Texas as a way to concentrate market power, gain negotiating leverage over health insurance companies, and raise prices.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

AUGUST 20, 2024

Without insurance, the cost of Stiolto Respimat can be over $600 per month. For many people, the retail price of Stiolto Respimat can make getting treatment difficult without insurance coverage. Is Stiolto Respimat covered by insurance? Yes, some insurance companies may include Stiolto Respimat in their coverage plans.

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STAT

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Health care providers and health insurance companies are closing the books on their third quarters, and one major question continues to hang over them: How much care is everyone actually getting, now that Covid-19 isn’t scaring so many away from doctors and hospitals?

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STAT

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Arbitration, the land where nobody is happy After Congress officially outlawed most types of surprise medical bills last year, there’s been endless, litigious debate as to how health insurance companies and providers should settle their differences while patients are held harmless.

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STAT

JANUARY 10, 2024

A lawsuit between a large hospital system and a dominant vendor that works for health insurance companies is getting a lot more heated — with one party calling the other an “economic parasite.”

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STAT

JANUARY 8, 2024

Medicare Advantage members continue to go to the doctor and get health care procedures a lot more than predicted, CVS Health executives said at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Is Xiidra covered by insurance? | How much does Xiidra cost without insurance? | How to get Xiidra without insurance Xiidra is a prescription drug known by its generic name, lifitegrast ophthalmic solution. Is Xiidra covered by insurance? Insurance coverage for Xiidra can vary widely.

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STAT

AUGUST 10, 2023

AdventHealth, a large religious-affiliated hospital system, has sued MultiPlan, alleging the company has worked with health insurers to create a “cartel” that systematically underpays hospitals and doctors for care that is delivered out of an insurance company’s network.

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STAT

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a group that advises Congress on Medicare policy, gathered to discuss its pending March report on the state of Medicare Advantage, the alternative to traditional Medicare that is run by health insurance companies. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

JUNE 3, 2024

Geisinger’s 10 hospitals and 1,700 employed physicians are now officially part of the group, known as Risant Health. Kaiser, which is both a health insurance company and a network of providers, said it wants to add at least five to six more health systems by 2028.

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STAT

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Department of Justice filed a new lawsuit against Cigna Monday, alleging the health insurance company overcharged the federal government by purposefully inflating how sick its Medicare Advantage members were. Read the rest…

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STAT

OCTOBER 2, 2023

After Congress officially outlawed surprise medical bills last year, there’s been endless, litigious debate as to how health insurance companies and providers should settle their differences over how much to pay for out-of-network medical bills. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We reveal that the nation’s largest health insurance company pursued a strategy to pressure its medical staff to cut off payments for seriously ill patients in lockstep with a computer algorithm’s calculations, denying rehabilitation care for older and disabled Americans as profits soared.

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STAT

JUNE 4, 2024

The federal government inappropriately lowered the 2024 Medicare Advantage star ratings of SCAN Health Plan, which led to the health insurance company in California losing hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses from the government, a judge ruled Monday.

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STAT

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The nation’s largest health insurance company pressured its medical staff to cut off payments for seriously ill patients in lockstep with a computer algorithm’s calculations, denying rehabilitation care for older and disabled Americans as profits soared, a STAT investigation has found.

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STAT

OCTOBER 15, 2023

7, allowing eligible older adults and people with disabilities to sign up for traditional Medicare coverage or Medicare Advantage, the alternative option that is run by health insurance companies. Medicare’s annual enrollment period kicked off Sunday and runs through Dec.

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STAT

JULY 10, 2024

Since 2021, hospitals have been required to post the prices they have negotiated with all health insurance companies, as well as their cash prices. Those two groups have excoriated hospitals’ high prices and profits and lobbied aggressively to ensure hospitals are held accountable for publishing pricing information.

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STAT

MARCH 21, 2023

People and organizations that sometimes make it difficult to access medication can include doctors, methadone clinics, health insurance companies, recovery groups, law enforcement agencies, jails, prisons, drug courts, and labor unions. Read the rest…

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The Checkup by Singlecare

DECEMBER 26, 2023

How much does an MRI cost without insurance? According to Michael Yudelevich, MD , an independent patient advocate at My Personal Health Advocate in New York City, an MRI can range from $400 to $12,000. You may have to pay the full price if you don’t have health insurance. How much does an MRI cost with insurance?

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that parts of the Affordable Care Act mandating health insurance companies cover many preventive services and drugs for free are unconstitutional.

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