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Highmark Health CFO Karen Hanlon says the integrated delivery system is focused on expanding some of its value-based initiatives.

A number of long-term care providers have begun imposing flu vaccination mandates on their employees in an effort to reverse years of low coverage rates.

Detroit Medical Center is one of the first healthcare providers to use predictive analytics to better manage influenza patients at risk of driving up medical costs.

Long known affectionately by its perennial bill number “676,” the U.S. House of Representatives’ Medicare for All legislation is getting a revamp this year. And a new number.

Bundled pricing is rare-to-nonexistent among full-service U.S. hospitals, most of which say they don’t know their actual costs for providing care and therefore can’t offer such prices.

After HHS proposed eliminating the safe harbor protection for Medicare Part D drug rebates, Secretary Alex Azar suggested commercial plans will get rid of the rebates too in order to align with the market.

The healthcare sector made 41,600 new hires in January, making it the third biggest job maker. Although hiring in healthcare was strong, it dropped by 15% compared to the hires made in December.

The newly formed CommonSpirit will rank among the largest health systems in the nation, but its size won’t guarantee immediate success, industry watchers say.

Cigna’s CEO waved off concerns that the HHS’ proposal to curtail PBM drug rebates could disrupt its business. Cigna reported higher revenue and lower profit in the fourth quarter of 2018 after bringing Express Scripts into the fold.

A measles outbreak near Portland, Ore., has revived a bitter debate over so-called “philosophical” exemptions to childhood vaccinations as public health officials across the Pacific Northwest scramble to limit the fallout.