Author: Scott Welch
A federal judge found drug companies cannot unilaterally restrict sales of products discounted under the 340B program to contract pharmacies. But a separate ruling found that manufacturers don’t have to provide discounts. The opinions, released late Friday, are the latest in a legal fight between six drugmakers and the Biden administration over whether they must ...
UnitedHealth Group has topped the industry in profitability for the third straight quarter, according to company earnings reports. The healthcare giant reported $4.1 billion in profit in the third quarter, an increase of nearly $1 billion year over year. That’s leagues ahead of its main national insurer competitors, which were all largely on par with one ...
A $1.75 trillion social and climate spending framework Democrats unveiled Thursday would reform the health-care market in several ways, expanding access and reducing costs for millions of Americans.
Open enrollment for the nation’s largest state-run health insurance marketplace began Monday and runs through the end of January. Covered California sells individual health insurance plans to people who can’t get coverage through their job. Some people, depending on how much money they make, are eligible for deep discounts on their monthly premiums. Even families ...
There were days, nights and weekends in the early months of the pandemic when Denise Von Bargen was the only person running covid tests at the public health lab in Ventura County. She once had eight or nine employees to assist her, but, one by one, they had all retired or left for other jobs. ...
In June, Google announced a major update to its Google Ads platform, specifically for health insurance advertisers. Google will now restrict health insurance advertising on its Search, Display, and YouTube networks to only government exchanges, first-party providers, and licensed insurance producers.
The hottest trend in 2021 isn’t some fad on social media or a creative new baking recipe, it’s quitting your job, and it’s taken the U.S. workforce by storm. 20 million U.S. workers left their jobs between April and August this year, according to the latest federal BLS data. That’s 60% higher than resignations during the same ...
Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots.
UnitedHealthcare has filed suit against physician staffing firm TeamHealth, alleging the company upcoded for services to the tune of $100 million. The suit, filed Wednesday in Tennessee federal district court, claims the company purposefully upcoded for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of medical claims. As one of the largest emergency department staffing companies in ...
The California Association of Health Underwriters recently submitted comments to the Healthy California For All Commission regarding several health insurance policy areas that the state seeks to regulate. The stated goal of the Healthy California For All Commission is to “develop a plan for advancing progress toward achieving a health care delivery system for California that provides ...