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The company argues the offering is a more comprehensive approach to weight management, allowing patients to receive ongoing support care and transparent pricing on prescriptions.
Read full article →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 →Patients can take advantage of the GLP-1 management program through their One Medical primary care clinician. Medications are available for quick delivery to all 50 states, with nearly 3,000 cities having same-day delivery available.
Read full article →HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went in front of the Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions, his latest in a string of congressional hearings.
Read full article →Elevance Health is raising its guidance for 2026 even as its Q1 profits declined year-over-year.
Read full article →Same-store admissions and adjusted admissions respectively declined 1.3% and 0.5% year over year. Executives pointed to cross-market dropoffs among patients with high-deductible and managed care plans.
Read full article →Fierce Senior Writer Paige Minemyer speaks with Catherine Anderson of UnitedHealth Group about why the insurer is expanding doula support nationwide and what that could mean for maternal and infant health outcomes across the U.S.
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