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Lawsuit claims UnitedHealth Group misled investors on finances
A new lawsuit filed against UnitedHealth Group claims the healthcare company misled investors about its financial outlook following the murder of then-CEO Brian Thompson, who in December was killed by a gunman while attending the company’s annual inves…
Trump administration nixes Harvard research grants
The Trump administration will no longer be providing federal research grants to Harvard University, with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon informing Harvard in a letter, which was posted to X, that grants would be halted after a “comprehensive …
Bill would make violence against healthcare workers a federal crime
U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Angus King (I-Maine) have introduced legislation that would establish federal criminal penalties for assaulting hospital employees.
HCA Florida adding diagnostic cardiology
HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in Palm Beach is expanding its Interventional Services Department, adding diagnostic cardiology to its offerings.
Along with the new diagnostic cardiology capabilities, the department will now feature interventional radio…
19 states file lawsuit to block Trump administration’s restructuring of HHS
Nineteen states and Washington D.C. have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services, claiming the federal government’s push to reshape the agency is “unconstitutional and ill…
Evernorth expanding GLP-1 presence with EnReachRx
Cigna’s Evernorth is signaling that it will expand its GLP-1 medication offerings through the creation of a new program called Evernorth EnReachRx, a new patient support model for pharmacies that want to provide enhanced clinical services alongside the…
Michigan sues Express Scripts, Prime for anticompetitive conduct
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics last week, claiming the two pharmacy benefit managers allegedly engaged in anticompetitive conduct that harmed independent pharmacies in the state.
Cigna benefits from low medical costs, posts $1.3B in revenue
With a medical loss ratio of 82.2%, insurer Cigna has felt less pressure around medical costs than its peers, allowing the company to pull in $1.3 billion in profit during the first quarter of the year.
While the medical loss ratio is higher than it wa…
Revenues and expenses up, margins down for nation’s hospitals
Hospitals across the U.S. are seeing both higher revenues and higher expenses, and operating margins have begun to contract slightly, according to March data published by Strata.
Aetna exiting ACA markets as CVS Health logs $1.8B in profit
CVS Health has seen profit and revenue grow over the past year, logging $1.8 billion in profit for the first quarter of the year, and $94.6 billion in revenue (compared to $1.1 billion and $88.4 billion in Q1 2024, respectively). But the company’s insu…
