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Innovation
Three Trends Coming Out of HLTH So Far
The healthcare industry's annual showcase of innovative ideas is off to a good start. Here's what attendees are talking about.
CFO
Kaiser Permanente Expands Partnership with HCA Health Systems in Denver
The expanded partnership comes at a critical time for care access in the city.
Payer
Part 2: How Those Hot New Employer Cost Stats Could Upend Employers' Payer-PBM Relationships
For everything from GLP-1 and cancer costs to provider networks, one employer association has strategies ? and they don't involve...
Payer
Employers Haven't a Clue How Their Drug Benefits Are Managed
A new KFF survey indicates how little employers understand the PBMs and their pricing policies.
CFO
No Advantage to Medicare Advantage
Many providers have had it with the government plan, and dozens have already left it this year.
Payer
Benefit Trend: Employers Opt to Give Workers an Allowance for Coverage
The plans allow employers to make tax-preferred contributions to employees to use to buy coverage on the individual market.
Payer
The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine
New court filings and lobbying reports reveal an industry drive to tamp down critics ? and retain billions of dollars...
Payer
Cara McNulty: The Population Health Leader Who's Fierce Behind Her Why
The new CEO of Vibrant Emotional Health and former leader at CVS Health shares a masterclass in executive decision-making.
Payer
Could Re-Expanded STLDI Be Part of Trump's 'Concepts of a Plan' for Healthcare?
A memorable healthcare debate moment in an election year focused largely on other issues.
Payer
Longtime Head of L.A. Care to Retire After Navigating Major Medi-Cal Changes
John Baackes, 78, who will retire after the end of the year, helped transform L.A. Care into a major market...
CFO
Providers Are Fed Up With Medicare Advantage
Sanford Health is the latest system to drop its MA plan with Humana. Why the trend?
Payer
Will 2025 Mark a Turning Point for Medicare Advantage?
When is growth not enough to keep payers happy?