Author: Scott Welch
Cigna Group has reinitiated discussions with Humana regarding a potential merger, following the collapse of their discussions last year. According to a Bloomberg News report, which cited sources privy to the development, the talks are in the preliminary stages and no decisions have been made. In December last year, Cigna abandoned its plans to merge with Humana ...
Blue Shield of California and Salesforce are teaming up to simplify and streamline the prior authorization experience. The partners announced at HLTH on Monday that they would leverage Salesforce’s Health Cloud to make the process feel as simple as paying with a credit card. When a clinician needs to submit a prior auth request, the ...
Nearly 75% of workers surveyed do not believe they have enough information to make a confident decision in open enrollment.
As CVS Health’s (CVS.N), opens new tab new CEO David Joyner steps into the top job after Karen Lynch’s quick departure on Friday, Wall Street analysts and some investors are questioning whether he has the right experience to turn around the Aetna health insurance business as it struggles with high medical costs. Joyner, who headed the company’s ...
The average American spent only 30-60 minutes making open enrollment decisions last year.
Research shows about half of U.S. adults say they cannot afford their health care costs. According to an AARP Research study, healthcare affordability, rising health insurance costs and a lack of confidence in affording unexpected medical bills are significant concerns for adults ages 40 to 64.
There will be a major change to Medicare Part D in 2025 with the “doughnut hole,” or coverage gap going away. The maximum out-of-pocket cost for Part D prescriptions in 2025 will be $2,000.
Novartis (NOVN.S), opens new tab has lost a bid to keep a generic version of its top-selling heart failure drug Entresto off the U.S. market by blocking regulators from approving it, though the generic’s launch faces other legal roadblocks. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington, D.C., in an order made public on Tuesday, said the U.S. ...
The average employer-sponsored health insurance premium for US families rose 7% this year – same as last year, according to the annual KFF survey of 2,100 companies.
On September 30, Governor Gavin Newsom concluded review and action on more than 1,200 bills sent to his desk as part of the 2024 regular legislative session. This year represented many major legislative wins for the California Chamber of Commerce working on behalf of California employers.