Fifteen additional drugs that are covered under Medicare Part D have been selected for price negotiations by the Department of Health and Human Services, the government agency said today.
Teva Pharmaceuticals has joined other drug makers in filing a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services for the drug-pricing provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. Teva filed the civil action on Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C. as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the next 15 drugs subject […]
Virtual care company Teladoc Health has announced it is teaming with Amazon to expand access to its telehealth chronic condition programs. Amazon customers who are eligible for Teladoc Health’s diabetes, hypertension, pre-diabetes and weight management programs can enroll in these cardiometabolic care benefits directly through Amazon’s Health Benefits Connector, previously known as Health Condition Programs.
Upward of 44 million people, or 16.4% of the non-elderly U.S. population, have been covered by an Affordable Care Act initiative, including health plan enrollment and Medicaid expansion, finds a new KFF report.
The hospital was looking for someone to lead data, analytics and AI capabilities and to combine that with operations, says Alda Mizaku, chief data and AI officer.
UnitedHealth Group’s 2024 revenues hit $400.3 billion in 2024 – a 6% year-over-year increase – and full-year earnings from operations were $32.3 billion. CEO Andrew Witty attributed much of this performance to a strong showing from pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx. “Pharmacy benefit managers play a vital role in keeping those prices down,” said Witty during […]
The “Big 3” pharmacy benefit managers – CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx – mark up specialty drugs at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds or even thousands of percent, according to a new interim staff report from the Federal Trade Commission.
The County of Santa Clara, California and HCA Healthcare have reached a definitive agreement in which the county will purchase Regional Medical Center for $150 million, the county said.
Seventeen health systems have launched the Truveta Genome Project to create what Truveta is calling the largest and most diverse database of genotypic and phenotypic information ever assembled. The health systems, with Illumina and Regeneron, have invested $320M in Truveta preferred equity at a valuation exceeding $1 billion, according to Truveta.
There’s variability in the sector depending on financial resources and post-acute settings were not funded under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, says Robert Latz, CIO, Trinity Rehabilitation Services.