Three CalPERS Health Plans Are In A ‘Death Spiral.’ Saving Them Could Involve Price Hikes

Three of the best health plans California state workers and retirees can buy are speeding toward collapse, according to CalPERS insurance experts.

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Variable-Hour Employee Benefits Eligibility Under COVID-19

The scheduling modifications employers have made in response to COVID may have unintentional consequences for the employees’ group health plan eligibility for both the remainder of the current year.

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FDA Approves First COVID-19 Drug: Antiviral Remdesivir

U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV.

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PwC: Mental Health, Telehealth Sectors Spur Robust Deal Activity Despite COVID-19

Even though the COVID-19 pandemic continues to roil the healthcare landscape financially, mergers and acquisitions remain robust thanks to heavy interest in the mental health and telehealth sectors, one expert says.

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Verily’s COVID Testing Program Halted in San Francisco and Oakland

Amid fanfare in March, California officials celebrated the launch of a multimillion-dollar contract with Verily — Google’s health-focused sister company — that they said would vastly expand COVID testing among the state’s impoverished and underserved communities.

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Déjà Vu for California Voters on Dialysis

The survival of California’s dialysis clinics is in the hands of its voters this November. Sound familiar?

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