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Open enrollment: 83% selecting Medicare Advantage choose plans with $0 premiums
The number of consumers selecting such plans represent an increase from the 76% who did so last year.
American Hospital Association, provider groups to sue over final rule
The rule will accelerate anti-competitive behavior among health insurers and stymie innovations in value-based care delivery, the groups say.
Treatments for leading cause of blindness generate $0.9 to $3 billion in patient, economic benefit
Improvements in vision from innovative treatments generated $5.1 to $8.2 billion in patient benefits.
Post-market price changes alone account for most recent spending growth for biologics
Annual spending by U.S. public programs and beneficiaries nearly doubled from $5.3 billion to $10.3 billion from 2012 to 2016.
CMS releases final and proposed rules on price transparency bound to get provider and payer pushback
The final rule for hospitals, which goes into effect in 2021, includes the ability for CMS to impose civil monetary penalties of $300 per day.
Affordable Care Act enrollment is down 20% since November 1.
Since open enrollment for 2020 plans began two weeks ago, there are 244,183 fewer ACA enrollees.
Sanford Health, UnityPoint Health call off plans for $11 billion merger
No reason was given for the decision, which negates plans that would have resulted in a system ranking among the biggest U.S. nonprofits.
Large drugmakers could lose $1 trillion in sales and still be the most profitable industry, analysis shows
The findings refute assertions that a reduction in drug spending would endanger access to life-saving drugs.
CMS cracks down on regulatory loopholes and state schemes in Medicaid payments
A proposed rule seeks to stop the numerous schemes known to CMS that states have used to circumvent federal statute.
