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Centene pulls in $1.3 billion in Q1 earnings

Centene reported $1.3 billion in earnings during Q1 2025, which slightly beat out the $1.2 billion the company posted in the prior year quarter, the insurer said on Friday.
Seeing even greater growth was revenue, which hit $46.6 billion in the quarter,…

Yale New Haven Health data breach affects 5 million people

Yale New Haven Health has reported that a March data breach affected more than 5 million people. The health system said 5,556,702 people were impacted by the cyberattack in a report to the Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights’ data breach…

Blue Shield California unknowingly shared private health information with Google

Blue Shield of California has sent notices out to its members warning that it may have unwittingly shared the protected health information of 4.7 million people with Google over a three-year period.

AHA backs bill revising reimbursement for long-term care

The American Hospital Association is throwing its support behind a house bill that seeks to revise reimbursement rates for long-term care hospitals.

UVA Health Children’s expanding neonatal intensive care unit

UVA Health Children’s in Charlottesville, Virginia is expanding its neonatal intensive care unit, nearly doubling the number of beds due to a rising need for newborn care in the area.

Arkansas governor backs bill to ban PBMs from owning pharmacies

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has advanced legislation that would seek to bar pharmacy benefit managers from also owning pharmacies, claiming that PBMs are taking advantage of lax regulations.
According to Sanders, PBMs take advantage of thi…

Elevance health meets expectations with $2.2B in Q1 profit

Despite elevated medical costs, Elevance Health managed to perform more or less in line with expectations in the first quarter, bringing in $2.2 billion in profit, a slight decrease from the $2.25 billion in profit reported in Q1 2024.
Revenue was up y…

Nurses decry potential HHS funding cuts

The American Nurses Association has expressed concerns over a leaked draft of the Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, saying cuts to federal nursing research and workforce development would hamper the national healthcare system…

Supreme Court to hear arguments on ACA requirement to cover preventive services

The Supreme Court today is hearing arguments in a case revolving around the constitutionality of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which determines which preventive services must be covered by the Affordable Care Act at no cost to the patient.

UnitedHealth’s stock drops 23% after ‘unusual and unacceptable’ performance

UnitedHealth Group’s profits took a big year-over-year leap, according to its newly released first-quarter earnings, but it cut its earnings guidance due to unexpectedly higher care costs in its Medicare Advantage business.