California Regulator Approves Centene-Health Net Deal

California health plan regulators are approving Centene's bid to purchase fellow insurer Health Net.

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Walgreens, UnitedHealth Form Pharmacy Partnership

Two of the largest players in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply-chain, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s OptumRx, formed a partnership aimed at helping them capture a greater share of the prescription drug market.

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Feds Begin Review of California’s Health Plan Tax

The Brown administration this week formally asked the U.S. government to sign off on a revamped tax on health plans that has the primary goal of continuing to pull in more than $1 billion in federal money.

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California Insurance Marketplace Wants To Kick Out Poor-Performing Hospitals

California’s insurance exchange is threatening to cut hospitals from its networks for poor performance or high costs, a novel proposal that is drawing heavy fire from medical providers and insurers.

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Secret Deals May Mean Consumers Pay More For Drugs

Secret deals often prompt drug benefit companies to cover brand-name prescriptions when equally effective generic or even over-the-counter medications are available, several drug pricing experts say.

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California Individual Marketplace May Require Insurers To Pay Agent Commissions

California’s health exchange may require its health plans to pay sales commissions to insurance agents to keep insurers from shunning the sickest and costliest patients.

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New Phase of CMS Audits to Include BAA’s: Brokers Need to Watch for Emailed Notices

As a part of its continued efforts to assess compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has begun its next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates.

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Report Emphasizes The Need To Invest In Public Health, Officials Say

Nevada health officials say a report released Tuesday ranking counties in the state on health outcomes and factors emphasizes the need to invest in public health, especially in rural areas.

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A court case that could hurt Obamacare’s health

Just when you thought Obamacare was past legal challenges.

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Drug-Company Payments Mirror Doctors’ Brand-Name Prescribing

Doctors have long disputed the accusation that the payments they receive from pharmaceutical companies have any relationship to how they prescribe drugs.

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