Aetna whistle-blower accuses CVS of ‘spread pricing’ in federal lawsuit
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefit management division of Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Health, stands
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Healthcare mega-mergers push primary care clinics ‘closer to extinction’: 5 takeaways
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Primary care physicians saw office visits fall 18 percent from 2012 to 2016,
Read MoreScientists Push Plan To Change How Researchers Define Alzheimer’s
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) An international coalition of brain researchers is suggesting a new way of looking at Alzheimer’s.
Read MoreWith 8k more physicians than Kaiser, Optum is ‘scaring the crap out of hospitals’
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Since its acquisition of 250 Las Vegas-area physicians in 2008, UnitedHealth Group has
Read MoreCalifornia Aims To Tackle Health Care Prices In Novel Rate-Setting Proposal
(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Backed by labor and consumer groups, a California lawmaker
Read MoreCan You Hear Me Now? Senate Bill On Hearing Aids May Make The Answer ‘Yes’
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Last December, Deb Wiese bought hearing aids for her parents, one for each
Read MoreHow A Drugmaker Turned The Abortion Pill Into A Rare-Disease Profit Machine
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Even though the $550 yellow pills sold as Korlym have a controversial
Read MoreLawsuit: Apple under fire over its smartwatch’s heart sensor — 6 things to know
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) In a lawsuit filed April 6, health technology startup Omni MedSci alleges Apple infringed on
Read MoreFederal government won or negotiated more than $2.4 billion in healthcare fraud judgments
According to the HHS/Department of Justice’s new Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program’s (HCFAC) annual report, the federal government
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans to integrate ride-sharing services
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it was “reinterpreting the standards for health-related supplemental benefits
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