HHS, RFK Jr. sued over $11B grant cuts as measles threat rises
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are being sued again for eliminating...
Centene boosts 2025 revenue guidance as it reports $46.6B in Q1
Centene beat the Street on both profit and revenue in the first quarter of 2025, reporting $1.3 billion in earnings...
Trump imposes Schedule F to more easily remove federal workers
President Donald Trump and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are moving forward with “Schedule F,” a policy to make...
Finicky investment markets threaten nonprofit hospital liquidity, financial security
Nonprofit hospitals’ investment returns—a key lifeline for balance sheets during times of hardship—are at risk amid recent weeks’ tariff-fueled market...
‘Watching the clues’: Uncertainty clouds Medicare conference
Medicare agents and brokers are trying to get a handle on a rapidly changing health landscape, but, in some respects,...
Doc compensation rose 3.6% in 2024—but these specialties got even more
Average physician pay rose 3.6% between 2023 and 2024, from $363,000 to $376,000—about in line with recent years but well...
AMA presses Optum on ‘strict’ repayments for Change hack loans
The American Medical Association is seeking answers from Optum after reports from physicians indicated that the company is putting pressure...
Canada launches antitrust investigation into Express Scripts
Canada’s Competition Bureau has opened an antitrust investigation into Cigna’s Express Scripts unit, seeking to probe its business practices in...
CMS finalizes 5.06% Medicare Advantage benchmark increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an increase of the average benchmark payments to Medicare Advantage (MA)...
Rural areas rapidly losing independent docs, practices
Rural areas are quickly losing independent physicians and medical practices amid the corporatization of healthcare, a new report finds. The...
