New bipartisan bill aims to block Medicare pay cuts to docs
Physicians and other healthcare practitioners may get a pay boost in 2025 through a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress on...
Universal Health Services beats on revenue, misses on earnings
Universal Health Services (UHS) beat analysts’ estimates for third-quarter revenue as its top line grew 11%$3.963 billion to reach $3.96...
HCA bracing for $200M hurricane-related financial hit in Q4
HCA Healthcare took a $50 million financial hit in the third quarter due to the impacts of the back-to-back hurricanes...
Higher expenses, payer denials blunt CHS’ Q3 earnings
Community Health Systems, a 69-hospital system, posted $3.09 billion in third-quarter revenue, up slightly from a year ago, thanks to...
Blue Cross plan accused in ‘ghost network’ class-action lawsuit
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New York’s directory of doctors is thoroughly inaccurate and forces patients to seek costly...
CVS shake-up as Karen Lynch steps down, replaced by David Joyner
It’s a tumultuous time at industry giant CVS Health, and on Friday the company revealed a shake-up at the top...
Cigna-Humana merger talks are back on: report
Cigna has brought merger talks with Humana back from the dead, according to a new report in Bloomberg. People familiar...
Evernorth, Transcarent team up for cancer care program
Evernorth has tapped Transcarent to power its Oncology Benefit Services offering, which aims to offer end-to-end support for cancer patients...
Telehealth prescribing flexibilities may be extended by 1 year
The Drug Enforcement Administration is poised to extend pandemic-era telehealth prescribing rules for a third time. The agency sent a...
How HIV prevention stays out of reach for many
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, a nonpartisan, investigative, LGBTQ-focused news publication. Twenty-year-old Dorian McCuller sat on his...
