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Premium hikes, plan redesigns and other efforts from the Minnesota-based company to wrangle medical spending bore fruit in the first quarter. UnitedHealth’s stock jumped accordingly.
Read full article →Hayley Park will oversee BSCA’s prescription drug programs. The insurer has worked to overhaul its pharmacy management model in a bid to lower drug costs.
Read full article →Hospitals and clinics told regulators that switching to rebates in the 340B drug discount program would impose costs that would outweigh the program’s benefits.
Read full article →The retailer, which at one point had 14 MedWise sites, is divesting its nine-location network to Saint Francis Health System.
Read full article →The insurer accused the radiology group of gaming the No Surprises Act to reap higher reimbursement. A judge tossed the case last week, saying Aetna needed to raise its complaints during the dispute resolution process.
Read full article →Republicans largely praised the HHS secretary’s track record during a marathon of House hearings last week, but some GOP lawmakers raised concerns about proposed budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Last week's season finale of "The Pitt" generated significant discussion, particularly around one of its most emotionally charged scenes: Dr. Al-Hashimi's disclosure to Dr. Robby that she has a seizure disorder causing brief...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) resigned from Congress; she and her brother are alleged to have stolen $5 million from COVID disaster relief funding given...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's nomination of Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, JD, a former deputy surgeon general, to lead the CDC follows a review of the agency launched in January. HHS chief counselor Chris Klomp led the effort to identify...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved islatravir-doravirine (Idvynso) as a standalone, single-tablet regimen for treating HIV in virologically suppressed adults, Merck announced on Tuesday. Approval stipulates use of the oral combination in patients...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- As medical organizations, lawmakers, advocates -- and even the lead actor from "The Pitt" -- laud the reauthorization of the Lorna Breen Act through fiscal year 2030, they're also urging millions of dollars to boost funding...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) during a House hearing on Tuesday expressed her frustration with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., noting that he "managed to give a 'Go Gators' from the witness table, but not a 'Go [vitamin] K...
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