Providence-KP Team Up to Attract Patients in California’s Growing High Desert Region

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.

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Framework For $3.5T Senate Package Seeks To Close Medicaid Gap, Add New Medicare Benefits And Tackle Drug Prices

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.

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Biden To Pull The Plug On “Most Favored Nation” Drug Rule

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 ...

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California To Offer Vaccine Incentive To Medicaid Population

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 ...

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2020’s Rapid Shift To Working From Home Upped The Cost Of Data Breaches

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 ...

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Insurers Came Back Down To Earth In Q2 Following Sky-High Profits A Year Ago

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 ...

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Nevada Orders Indoor Mask Mandate In High-Transmission Areas

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.

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Aetna, CVS Health To Enter The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Individual Insurance Exchange Marketplace In Nevada For January 1, 2022

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.

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2022 Proposed Health Insurance Rates Released Prior To Open Enrollment

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.

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Yes, Employers Can Require Workers Get Vaccinated — And It Might Help Them Attract Top Talent

COVID adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine — leaving roughly a third of the population unvaccinated.

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