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Cigna broadens Florida reach with new counties, expanded HCA Healthcare partnership

( By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cigna is expanding its Florida Medicare Advantage offerings by stepping into two new counties

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) U.S. health officials on Wednesday reported the country’s first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus,

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The emergence of a new Covid-19 variant with a startlingly large constellation of mutations has

(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Continuing to use fee-for-service care for Medicaid and dual-eligible recipients could cost the

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) The reports from covid-19 patients are disconcerting. Only a few hours before, they

(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Despite the country’s decades-high 6.2 percent inflation rate in October, a Nov. 24

(By Pien Huang for NPR) An FDA advisory committee is meeting Tuesday to consider whether to recommend a new antiviral

(By Rae Ellen Bichell for Kaiser Health News) Economists and public health experts alike say paid sick leave is an

(By Stephanie O’Neill for Kaiser Health News) It was supper time in the Whittier, California, home of Air Force veteran

(Source – medicare.gov/blog) Medicare Open Enrollment is almost over. If you’re thinking about changing your Medicare plan, you have until