‘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,...
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)...
CMS excludes anti-obesity drug coverage under Medicare, Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicare Advantage (MA) rule proposed by the Biden administration, but...
Trump’s new tariffs include pharma exemption
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with healthcare industry reactions and additional information released by the administration on the...
Evernorth expands NeuroStar coverage to adolescents
Cigna’s Evernorth unit is expanding coverage for Neuronetics’ therapy for depression to adolescents. Neuronetics announced that Evernorth will offer coverage...
Brooks-LaSure warns ‘cavalier’ CMS cuts endanger health programs
Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is not buying the Trump administration’s claim health programs...
Omada partners with CVS Caremark on weight management program
Omada Health is joining forces with CVS Health’s Caremark as part of the pharmacy benefit manager’s weight management program. This...
Trump nominates Susan Monarez as CDC Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez is being tapped to fill the role in a...
