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Diabetes Drug's New Weight Loss Formula Fuels Cost-Benefit DebateIt's no surprise that some of the same drugs for diabetes are being reformulated and renamed by manufacturers as a...
Payer
Olympic Dream Dashed After Bike Crash and Nightmare Medical Bill Over $200KPhil Gaimon paid about $500 a month for his insurance policy with Health Net through Covered California. He also had...
Finance
Redirect Health CFO Discusses How Employers and Payers Can Work Together Post-PandemicIt's important for business leaders and payer executives to understand what's changed due to the pandemic and stay focused on...
Payer
Sign-Up Window for Free COBRA Coverage for Many Laid-Off Workers Closes This WeekPeople can sign up for the subsidy even if they didn't elect COBRA coverage earlier, or if they had COBRA...
Payer
Why the Fee-For-Service Chassis Continues to Dominate Value-Based Purchasing and What to Do About ItThe FFS claims submission process is still the primary means for capturing the broader encounter data needed for VBP analysis...
Payer
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the PandemicBots filing bogus applications in bulk, teams of fraudsters in foreign countries making phony claims, online forums peddling how-to advice...
Payer
Contraception Is Free to Women, Except When It's NotDespite the ACA's guarantees of free contraception coverage, even for women whose health plans are subject to the law's requirements,...
Strategy
Sen. Wyden: $3.5T Budget May Have to Trim but It Can Set a Path to 'Ambitious Goals'Healthcare will account for a large proportion of the cost.
Payer
California Makes It Easier for Low-Income Residents to Get and Keep Free Health CoverageA provision in California's newly approved state budget will eliminate the asset test for the 2 million Californians enrolled in...
Strategy
Biden's July Executive Order Includes Drug Pricing Provisions. But Will They Do Enough?So far, experts generally say the jury is still out on how meaningful these efforts will be.
Payer
Hospital 'Trauma Centers' Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People HomeTens of thousands of times a year, hospitals charge enormously expensive trauma alert fees for injuries so minor the patient...
Payer
Senate Democrats' Plan Boosts Spending on Medicare, ACA Subsidies, Long-Term CareA large portion of that spending would be dedicated to healthcare, targeting major sections of the system ? some with...