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Cigna And Oscar To Launch Health Plans For Small Business
Health insurer Cigna and Oscar Health will launch commercial health insurance plans for small businesses in certain yet-to-be disclosed U. S. markets.
Cigna Expands MDLive Telehealth Partnership To Primary Care
Cigna is expanding online access to primary care physicians via its telehealth partner MDLive for the insurer’s employer-sponsored plan clients.
Lyft Hails Major Hospital Partner In Sutter Health
The ride-sharing company Lyft and hospital giant Sutter Health are partnering to customize “individual transportation programs” for the hospital’s patients and health system employees throughout Northern California.
Walgreens Sees More Doctors Connected To Its Drugstores
Though two partnerships Walgreens has to strengthen the drugstore chain’s relationships with physicians remain in testing stages, company executives say they are performing well and a future expansion could be around the corner.
Walgreens Mum On Buyout As Profits Fall 25%
Walgreens Boots Alliance profits dipped in the company’s fiscal first quarter as the company works to reinvent its U. S. drugstores amid rumors the the global chain may be taken private in a massive leveraged buyout.
Red State Medicaid Expansion Slowed Physical And Mental Health Decline
Southern U.S. states that expanded Medicaid “experienced lower rates of physical and mental health declines” than nearby regions that didn’t expand health benefits for poor Americans, a new analysis shows in Health Affairs shows.
Molina To Add 50K Medicaid Members In Illinois Deal
Molina Healthcare said it will pay $50 million to buy Chicago-based Medicaid health plan NextLevel Health Partners.
Cigna: Uniting Medical, Drug And Mental Health Saves $850 Per Enrollee
Cigna said efforts to combine medical, pharmacy and behavioral benefits saves more than “$850 per customer,” according to the insurer’s internal analysis.
Medicare For All Could Die In 2020 As Private Insurers Add Seniors
Health insurers are expected to make it more difficult on Presidential candidates pushing single payer versions of “Medicare for All” after they added hundreds of thousands of seniors to their private Medicare Advantage plans this year.
Will Walgreens Partnership Strategy Begin 2020 Payoff?
Walgreens observers anxiously await financial results from partnerships formed with health insurers like Humana, medical care providers like VillageMD and UnitedHealth Group’s and Optum’s MedExpress urgent care unit.
