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Insurer group urges CMS Administrator Seema Verma to reconsider pass-through funding for non-ACA plans
CVS and Aetna: Judge agrees to 4 steps to keep retail pharmacy and PBM separate during merger review
CMS finalizes rule forcing ACOs to take on more risk
Agency also releases results of Next Generation, the ACO that takes on the most risk for Medicare payments.
OptumServe awarded two contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs
Company will provide telehealth lifestyle coaching and disability exams to veterans.
CMS releases 2020 Medicare Advantage risk adjustment payment model
Model would reflect the number of conditions and add categories for mental health, substance use disorder, and chronic kidney disease.
CVS Health tells judge a monitor is not necessary during review of Aetna merger
Federal Judge Richard Leon suggested a monitor oversee CVS Health and Aetna to ensure the businesses were kept separate while the merger was under review.
Affordable Care Act enrollment surges in final week
Declining consumer numbers and a ruling in Texas striking down the ACA threatened to a relatively stable market this year.
Cigna, Express Scripts merger to close Thursday
The integration of insurer and pharmacy benefit manager follows that of CVS Health and Aetna.
Medicare diabetes patients file class action lawsuit against HHS Secretary Alex Azar
Diabetic patients on Medicare have filed a class action lawsuit against …
What’s next for the Affordable Care Act
Democratic attorneys general led by California have filed a motion to allow for an immediate appeal of the decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas.
