Humana's fifth annual value-based care study found that patients seen by physicians in value-based agreements had a 7% drop in emergency room visits and a 5% drop in hospital admissions year-over-year.
After delaying its earnings report by one week, the health technology servicer produced a decent bottom line and will be acquired for $5.7 billion in a joint bid from Veritas Capital and Elliott Management Corp.
The most significant developments of the night focused around Medicaid expansion, how healthcare leaders who ran for public office fared in the elections, and several down-ballot healthcare initiatives.
The 2018 midterm elections will decide the fate of numerous healthcare-related ballot measures as well as which leaders will shape health policy in the coming years.
In its first earnings report since receiving federal approval for its megamerger with Aetna, CVS posted net revenues of $47.3 billion, up 2.4% year-over-year.
Three gubernatorial races, especially the one in Wisconsin, could be impacted by incumbents' support for the controversial policy being backed by the Trump administration.
