Category: Health Insurance

Rite Aid closing more than 100 additional stores

Rite Aid is closing an additional 111 stores across 12 states, according to a filing on May 30 in federal bankruptcy court in New Jersey.
This is Rite Aid’s fourth notice of store closings.
The new closings are in Maryland, California, Virginia, Washin…

Use of GLP-1 medications for weight management growing substantially

More than two percent of adult patients now take a GLP-1 drug to treat overweight or obesity, according to newly released FAIR Health data, with much of the increase occurring over the past few years.

Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.’s Promises of Protection

The Indian Health Service was mostly spared in the federal government’s widespread staffing cuts, but tribal governments and organizations have lost funding elsewhere in the melee of federal health agency cuts.

Executives struggling to keep up with policy uncertainty

C-suite leaders, including hospital executives,are struggling to keep up with policy volatility as the federal government under the Trump administration rapidly reimagines economic and regulatory policies, according to a new PwC pulse survey.

2026 HHS budget would slash more than a quarter of current discretionary spending

The White House released its planned 2026 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday.

Express Scripts, CVS file lawsuit against Arkansas over PBMs

Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager for Cigna, has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a new law in Arkansas that would prohibit PBMs from owning or operating pharmacies in the state, and CVS and Caremark have filed their own

Role Reversal: Millions of Kids Are Caregivers for Elders. Why Their Numbers Might Grow.

As state officials anticipate Medicaid funding cuts that could strip resources for those with disabilities and chronic health conditions, an army of unpaid caregivers waits in the wings: children. At least 5.4 million kids are estimated to be caring for family members at home, a number likely to rise if Medicaid cuts hit professional home-based services.

HIMSSCast: JPMorganChase scales the employer-sponsored market by investing in primary care

Dan Mendelson is CEO of Morgan Health, the healthcare arm of JPMorganChase. Its mission is to improve employer-sponsored healthcare by investing in innovative young companies that improve primary care, Mendleson said.
Half of people in this country get…

Wait times for physician appointments on the rise

The time required to schedule a physician appointment in 15 major metropolitan areas has increased by 19% since 2022 and by 48% since 2004, according to a new

BayCare settles with HHS over alleged HIPAA violations

Baycare Health System in Clearwater, Florida, will pay $800,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights to settle allegations of potential HIPAA violations.
OCR investigated Baycare after it received a complaint in 2018 …