Patient advocacy groups have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services criticizing UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage marketing, asking the agency to investigate potentially misleading advertising tactics.
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Cigna and Humana reportedly call off merger talks
Cigna and Humana have reportedly ended their talks to merge after failing to agree on a price, according to Reuters.
Administration eyeing negative impacts of corporate healthcare ownership
The White House has signaled its intent to address the potentially negative and problematic aspects of corporate ownership in healthcare, with a focus on drug pricing, transparency and anticompetitive behavior.
House bill would avert physician pay cut in Medicare
A bill introduced in the House would avert a pending 3.37% physician pay cut to Medicare payments, according to the American Medical Association.
OCR settles first-ever phishing cyberattack investigation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with Lafourche Medical Group, a Louisiana medical group specializing in emergency medicine, occupational medicine and laboratory testing. The settl…
UnitedHealth: Chronic conditions becoming more prevalent as disparities emerge
Multiple chronic conditions, ranging from diabetes to depression, are becoming more common, according to the United Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UnitedHealth Group. Many chronic conditions are at the highest levels ever recorded in the a…
CVS launches new Healthspire brand in integration of health services business
CVS Health has announced a new branded name for its health services segment.
CVS Healthspire includes Caremark, Cordavis, Oak Street Health, Signify Health and MinuteClinic. The groups within CVS Healthspire will continue to focus on integration across…
CVS overhauls pharmacy reimbursement with CostVantage model
CVS Health is altering how it reimburses pharmacies for prescription medications through a new model called CostVantage, which the company promised would evolve the traditional reimbursement model and provide more simplicity and transparency.
Black and Hispanic patients experiencing insults in healthcare settings
Racism and discrimination is unfortunately still a common occurrence in many settings, including in healthcare. A new KFF survey shows that many Hispanic, Black, Asian, and American Indian and Alaska Native adults in the U.S. believe they must modify b…
Data breach hits Blue Shield of California vendor
Blue Shield of California members may have had their data exposed during a data breach that occurred in late November, the insurer has revealed.
