Topics to watch at AHIP 2026
Health insurance executives convene this week in Las Vegas at a time when the industry is facing significant pressure around...
Pharmacy retailers defeat Florida hospitals’ opioid lawsuit
A Florida judge ruled in favor of CVS, Walgreens and Walmart in a lawsuit brought by 16 hospitals accusing the...
UnitedHealth to nix nearly two thirds of pediatric prior auths
UnitedHealthcare is set to eliminate close to two-thirds of pediatric prior authorization requirements by the end of the year. The...
Massachusetts AG sues UnitedHealth over alleged Medicaid fraud
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging that the insurance giant “manipulated the health status” of Medicaid...
Quorum Health transitioning to nonprofit for financial pickup
Quorum Health announced Thursday it will transition into a nonprofit system in order to better navigate financial challenges pressuring healthcare...
Ascension triples net income, slims operating margin to -1.1%
Now three quarters into its fiscal year, Ascension has chopped down its operating losses by more than half and more...
CommonSpirit shoulders -5.8% operating margin in fiscal Q3
Even without counting the multi-billion hit tied to the early termination of a major joint venture and outsourcing arrangement, CommonSpirit...
Kaiser’s slimmed Q1 operating margin offset by investment gains
Kaiser Permanente’s first-quarter operating performance took a step back in 2026 compared to the year prior, though investments and other...
Consultants brought no ‘meaningful changes’ to hospitals: study
Nonprofit hospitals may have gotten a raw deal on the millions to billions of dollars they spent on management consulting...
Industry Voices—VBC won the policy argument. Now it must deliver
Value-based care has largely won the policy debate in American healthcare. Across Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance, payment...
