Kaiser healthcare workers to go on strike
The work stoppage could pose a significant challenge to operations in Kaiser’s southern California market, where the unions poised to strike represent about 37% of the system’s workforce in the region.
Iora boosts One Medical’s 50% revenue growth, but medical costs ding Q3 bottom line
Currently, at-risk membership makes up less than 5% of One Medical’s overall membership base. But Medicare revenue in the quarter made up more than a fifth of the primary care chain’s topline.
FDA issues long-awaited draft software guidance in overhaul of 16-year-old policy
Bradley Merrill Thompson, an attorney at Epstein Becker Green, said the new guidance is sorely needed by the medical device industry. “In the realm of software, [16 years is] an eternity,” Thompson said.
Healthcare workers must be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 with no testing exception, CMS orders
Hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, long-term care facilities and others that receive federal funding from Medicare or Medicaid will have to ensure employees are fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 before they provide any care to patients.
Controversial UnitedHealth-Change tie-up gets new deadline for DOJ review
Consummation of UnitedHealth’s $13 billion Change acquisition is now teed up for February at the earliest, though the deal could close even sooner if the DOJ unexpectedly drops its investigation — or later, if the agency challenges.
Adults support major changes to US healthcare system amid rising costs, survey finds
Those surveyed showed the widest support for policy changes that could lower drug costs, followed by measures limiting what both hospitals and doctors can charge for services, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Cigna reports special enrollment period led to bump in medical claims, still posts $1.6B profit
Analysts characterized the third quarter results as mixed, even as the payer hiked its forecast for the remainder of the year.
Women in the healthcare C-suite on what they’ve learned
Teladoc CFO Mala Murthy and Mount Sinai Health System President Margaret Pastuszko told Healthcare Dive what struggles they have faced as women in leadership roles and what advice they give to others.
Outset nabs first CMS home dialysis add-on payment, setting up fight with Fresenius
The company, whose application was rejected last year, persuaded the Medicare agency its portable dialysis machine is a “substantial clinical improvement” over the incumbent home-use hemodialysis product.
COVID-19 medical costs drag Aetna’s commercial business, but CVS still posts $1.6B in Q3 profit
Though the pandemic continues to stress CVS’ payer segment, drugstores continue to benefit from COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, particularly as a greater number of employers begin to mandate the shots.