5 must-watch panels at an unprecedented HIMSS21
Masks and proof of vaccination will be required on the ground in Las Vegas, and a corresponding digital event will also take place.
DOJ reportedly considering suit to block UnitedHealth-Change tie-up
The deal was first announced in January and immediately drew opposition, including from competing payers, the American Hospital Association and the American Antitrust Institute, over anticompetitive concerns.
Evernorth drives Cigna’s Q2 revenue growth despite more return to care than expected
Executives said Thursday that COVID-19-related costs were also higher than anticipated for the quarter.
OIG audit targets Aetna’s Medicare Advantage plans as government cracks down on fraud
CVS contends the reviews are a regular part of doing business in federal programs, and it “expects CMS and the OIG to continue these types of audits.”
Boston Scientific, Stryker get extra year of add-on payments as CMS adjusts to pandemic
Comments “overwhelmingly supported” the plan to use pre-pandemic data on the cost of inpatient stays to inform CMS’ rates for fiscal 2022.
CVS profit dips to $2.8B as patients return, COVID-19 costs persist
Falling vaccination rates lead the company to expect the pandemic to be a “modest negative for 2021,” CFO Shawn Guertin said. Previously, it expected COVID-19 to have little to no impact on full-year earnings.
FTC warns it may challenge deals later as it’s hit by ‘tidal wave’ of merger filings
“Companies that choose to proceed with transactions that have not been fully investigated are doing so at their own risk,” the regulator said Tuesday.
Telehealth waivers wind down, restricting some providers from delivering care across state lines
A number of states allowed medical professionals licensed elsewhere to hold virtual visits with their residents during the pandemic. While some are making those rollbacks permanent, others are going back to pre-pandemic rules.
After controversial approval, doctors are still debating how to use Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
Nearly two months since Aduhelm became available, many physicians have yet to use the first treatment approved in the U.S. to slow Alzheimer’s disease.
CMS axes hospital price transparency mandate from 2022 inpatient payment rule
Hospitals will also receive a 2.5% pay bump for inpatient stays in 2022 under the new rule. That’s lower than the 2.8% proposed in the initial draft released April, but “largely within the range of market expectations,” one analyst wrote.