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Compliance

This section focuses on health care compliance and regulations – both national and state – including the ACA. It includes changes in health care law, regulation, and court decisions and their impact on health insurance professionals, employers, and individuals.

Drugmakers Funnel Millions To Lawmakers; A Few Dozen Get $100,00-Plus

Before the midterm elections heated up, dozens of drugmakers had already poured about $12 million into the war chests of hundreds of members of Congress.

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In Public, Lawmakers Scold Drug Distributors. Come Campaign Season They Accept Their Cash Willingly

In this election season, lawmakers are taking on drug distributors with abandon, and many seem to relish the role.

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Drug Industry Pledges More Price Transparency in Ads, Stops Short of Full Disclosure

Prescription drug advertisements on television will soon direct patients to more information about the cost of the drugs under new principles agreed to by members of the largest drug industry trade group.

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U.S. to Require Prices on Drug Ads as Pharma Girds for a Fight

U.S. health officials want to force pharmaceutical companies to disclose the prices of their products in television advertisements, setting up a clash with drugmakers who see the move as impinging free speech.

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Healthcare.gov Maintenance Downtime Scheduled

The Trump administration is planning hours-long downtimes for maintenance on healthcare.gov during the coming ObamaCare sign-up period.

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DOJ Approves $69B CVS-Aetna Merger with Part D Divestiture

The Department of Justice (DOJ) approved a $69 billion CVS-Aetna merger on Wednesday after Aetna agreed to sell off its Part D business. 

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Medicare Advantage Riding High As New Insurers Flock To Sell To Seniors

Health care experts widely expected the Affordable Care Act to hobble Medicare Advantage, the government-funded private health plans that millions of seniors have chosen as an alternative to original Medicare.

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Insurer Anthem Will Pay Record $16M for Massive Data Breach

The nation's second-largest health insurer has agreed to pay the government a record $16 million to settle potential privacy violations in the biggest known health care hack in U.S. history, officials said Monday.

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Nevada Health Insurance Rates Barely Changing, On or Off Exchange

Nevadans buying health insurance on and outside the state marketplace will pay nearly the same prices they paid last year, the state Division of Insurance announced Tuesday.

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Healthy Nevada Project Releasing Results with Participants

The Healthy Nevada Project aims to analyze the DNA of thousands of Northern Nevadans for the kinds of ailments to which we may individually be genetically predisposed.

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