Month: August 2021
A plan by Providence and Kaiser Permanente to build a new medical center in the High Desert region of California is the latest example of leading hospital chains seeking market advantage.
Senate Democrats want to give Medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices, add new benefits to Medicare and close a Medicaid coverage gap in a new $3.5 trillion infrastructure package.
The Biden administration plans to pull the plug on a contentious Trump-era demonstration that would tie Medicare outpatient drug pay to other wealthy countries’ drug prices, according to a CMS proposed rule on Friday. Hospitals had opposed the “most favored nation” drug policy, arguing that it would hurt their bottom lines and put the entire ...
California announced another round of coronavirus vaccine incentives on Friday, offering up to $50 apiece to more than 11 million people in the state who get their health insurance through Medicaid. The money is part of a new $350 million plan to get more of the state’s Medicaid population vaccinated as the state is seeing ...
Operational changes made during the pandemic often carried a steep price. Data breaches now cost companies a record $4.24 million per incident on average, according to a global survey by IBM Security. Businesses were forced to quickly adapt their technological approaches last year, with many companies encouraging or requiring employees to work from home and ...
UnitedHealth Group was again the most profitable insurer in a quarter filled with companies warning that the pandemic is likely to remain a significant headwind through the end of 2021, especially as the delta variant spreads. UHG brought in $4.3 billion in profit in the second quarter on $71.3 billion in revenue. CVS Health was ...
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak imposed a new mandate Tuesday that requires everyone, vaccinated or not, to wear masks indoors in public places in counties with high rates of COVID-19 transmission, including Clark County.
Aetna and CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) will enter the individual insurance exchange market in Nevada (specifically in select counties in the Las Vegas and Reno markets) with their first Aetna CVS Health hybrid-branded insurance product, providing access to health care for more Nevadans.
Nevada consumers shopping for health insurance compliant with the Affordable Care Act can get their first look at the proposed rate changes for 2022 and give the state some feedback.
COVID adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine — leaving roughly a third of the population unvaccinated.