Early Look at Medicaid Spending and Enrollment Trends Amid COVID-19
(By Robin Rudowitz and Elizabeth Hinton for Kaiser Family Foundation) The coronavirus pandemic has generated both a public health crisis
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Health Care Finance
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is reducing barriers to care for MA members
For the duration of the public health emergency in 2020, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is reducing barriers
Read MoreIRS Notice 2020-29 provides temporary flexibility to cafeteria plans
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-29 provides temporary flexibility for section 125 cafeteria plans to permit employees to
Read MoreThe U.S. government contributed research to a Gilead remdesivir patent — but didn’t get credit
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Two documents dating back to 2015 shed further light on the role the federal government
Read MoreCigna program to pay out-of-network providers for COVID-19 services
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cigna will pay out-of-network providers market-based rates for treatment provided to its members with
Read MoreUnitedHealth announces new cost sharing waivers
UnitedHealth Group announced its fully insured members will receive a credit of 5 to 20 percent on their June premium
Read MoreDrug transport costs jump 224% amid COVID-19 pandemic, survey finds
(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) The cost of shipping pharmaceuticals to the U.S has increased by an average
Read MoreHumana is waiving copayments when you see your primary care doctor
Humana, the nation’s second-largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, announced that it is waiving copayments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs
Read MoreIs $4,460 per course of treatment a fair price to treat COVID-19?
Gilead has not yet set a price for the first coronavirus treatment to have shown clinical benefits; however, the Institute
Read MoreDo formulary exclusion list benefit the patient?
Express Scripts and CVS Caremark, the two largest pharmacy benefit managers, increased the numbers of drugs on their 2020 exclusion
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