Cigna unveils initiatives aimed at improving customer experience
Cigna is officially kicking off a multiyear effort designed to “meaningfully” change the experience of its members. Executives alluded to...
Federal agencies scrub key data on LGBTQIA-related topics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scrubbed critical data and webpages related to LGBTQIA+ issues as part of an...
AI startup that predicts long-term care needs snags $7M
Waterlily, a startup that aims to predict long-term care needs using artificial intelligence, secured $7 million in seed funding. The...
UnitedHealth estimates 190M people impacted by Change hack
Change Healthcare now estimates that 190 million people were affected in the massive cyberattack that took down its services nearly...
Learnings from Indiana’s behavioral health system overhaul
The U.S. is in the throes of a mental health crisis. Deaths from drugs, alcohol and suicide more than doubled between 2000...
Welsh Carson agrees to settlement over alleged roll-up
Private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that will...
Paul Mango, former HHS official and Trump adviser, dies
Paul Mango, a senior health official during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term who was a member of Trump’s current transition...
Biden names Ozempic, Wegovy for price negotiation program
The Biden administration unveiled its list of 15 drugs, which include GLP-1 drugs Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, for the second...
Big 3 PBMs generated $7.3B from specialty generic markups
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically mark up specialty generic drugs to affiliated pharmacies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
Here are the companies and trends we’re watching
It’s officially a new year for the healthcare industry, as biopharma and health system executives, investors, reporters and others make the annual...