UnitedHealthcare nearing 50% value-based reimbursement — 3 insights
(By Eric Oliver for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group paid $69 billion, or nearly half of its annual reimbursement, toward
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Health Care Redesign
Trump wants drug commercials to include prices. These five companies have the most at stake
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump wants to force drug companies to disclose their prices in TV ads —
Read MoreTV Ads Must Trumpet Drug Prices, Trump Administration Says. Pharma Tries A Plan B.
(By Shefali Luthra and Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) The Trump administration proposed Monday that drugmakers reveal the
Read MoreThe Know the Lowest Price Act and the Patients’ Right to Know Drug Prices Act
President Donald Trump signed the Know the Lowest Price Act and Patients’ Right to Know Drug Prices Act, which will
Read MoreWalmart makes reducing healthcare costs for employees and customers a priority
Walmart, as the nation’s largest employer and retailer, is looking for ways to reduce healthcare costs for its customers in
Read MoreCVS Health-Aetna deal OK’d by Justice Department
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to move
Read MoreMedicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key Issues
(By Tricia Neuman, Karen Pollitz and Jennifer Tolbert for Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation) Medicare-for-All, an approach championed most recently
Read MoreDoctors Give Medicare’s Proposal To Pay For Telemedicine Poor Prognosis
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) The Trump administration wants Medicare for the first time to embrace telemedicine across
Read MoreSpurred By Convenience, Millennials Often Spurn The ‘Family Doctor’ Model
(By Sandra G. Boodman for Kaiser Health News) Calvin Brown doesn’t have a primary care doctor — and the peripatetic
Read MoreThe Health Care Choices Proposal
According to the Center for Health and Economy, the Health Care Choices Proposal which replaces Obamacare entitlements with grants to
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