UnitedHealth sues dozens of drug companies for price-fixing
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Health insurance giant United HealthCare Services filed a federal lawsuit Jan. 16
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Draft ACA market rules for 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a 331-page draft document that could shape how the U.S.
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(By Nicholas Florko for ST A T) R ep. Elijah Cummings, the Maryland Democrat chairing the House Oversight Committee, put
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According to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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(By Ike Swetlitz for ST A T) W ASHINGTON — The federal government is giving health insurance companies that run
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(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) Last week, California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, promised to pursue a smörgåsbord of
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The price you pay at the pharmacy for more than 250 drugs is going up again. According to date from
Read MoreThe year before you turn 65 is a good time to review your Medicare options
In Mary Beth Franklin’s column for InvestmentNews, she advises the year before you turn 65 is a good time to
Read MoreDrug maker payments to doctors are linked to higher opioid overdose deaths
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) A s efforts intensify to blunt the ongoing opioid crisis, a new study
Read MoreCMS chief Seema Verma tweets ‘#WheresThePrice’ challenge in price transparency push
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS Administrator Seema Verma addressed what she called the “Twitterverse” in a
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