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California Blue Shield Deal Exposes Amazon’s And Mark Cuban’s Pharmacy Limitations
This week’s announcement that a regional health plan in California would stick with CVS Health for its specialty pharmacy needs exposes a key missing component to Amazon Pharmacy.
CVS Retains Blue Plan’s Specialty Pharmacy Business And That’s Where The Money And Costs Are
CVS Caremark will provide Blue Shield of California members “specialty pharmacy services for members with complex conditions, including education and high-touch patient support.”
Amazon Pharmacy Launches $35 Insulin Coupons As Transparency Takes Hold
Amazon Pharmacy is rolling out coupons that “automatically” reduce customer costs for insulin to as low as $35 a month on more than a dozen diabetes care brands.
Doctor, Nurse Practitioner Pay Rising As Amazon, CVS And Walgreens Buy Providers
Nurse practitioners – not doctors – topped AMN Healthcare’s list of “most requested search engagements for the third consecutive year.”
To Turn Profitable, Oscar Health To Expand Obamacare To Rural Markets
Oscar Health plans to expand its individual coverage offerings into rural markets in 2024 as the health insurer works to become profitable.
Oscar Health Reports A Loss And Fewer Members Despite Operating In A Robust Obamacare Market
Oscar Health Tuesday reported a quarterly loss of $15 million thanks in part to tens of thousands of fewer sales of individual health insurance policies.
Obamacare Premiums To Rise 6% In 2024 With Little Cost Impact On Enrollees
Health insurers who sell individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare are average premium increases of 6% for 2024, a new analysis shows.
Walgreens Sells AmerisourceBergen Shares To Raise $1.85 Billion To Accelerate Healthcare Strategy
Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold shares of AmerisourceBergen for initial proceeds of $2.85 billion, which will be used to accelerate the drugstore giant’s healthcare strategy.
Alignment Healthcare Posts A Loss Even As Medicare Advantage Membership Eclipses 112,000
Alignment Healthcare Thursday reported a loss in its second quarter of $28.5 million even as the startup provider of Medicare Advantage coverage grows its membership.
Cigna Profits Hit $1.5 Billion As Health Plan Enrollment Nears 20 Million
The Cigna Group reported nearly $1.5 billion in second quarter profits as its total health plan enrollment approaches 20 million.
