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CVS to Buy 1,600 Drugstores From Target for $1.9 Billion
Posted on July 28, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: New York Times The voracious CVS Health is already a dominant player in nearly every corner of the health care world — it is the nation’s largest dispenser of prescription drugs, the biggest operator of health care clinics and the second-largest pharmacy-benefits manager. And with the news Monday that it had agreed to buy […]
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Governor Calls for Special Legislative Session To Address Health Spending
Posted on July 27, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: California Healthline Gov. Jerry Brown (D) last week issued a proclamation to convene a special legislative session on health care spending on the same day he agreed to a state budget that had many of its health-related provisions negotiated away. Financing the Medi-Cal program may not be sustainable, Brown said, given its expansion over […]
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Stakeholders Say ACO Final Rule Fails To Address Some Concerns
Posted on July 24, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: California Healthline Some health care organizations might opt to leave the accountable care organization program because CMS did not address some of their concerns in its latest rules update, Modern Healthcare reports (Dickson, Modern Healthcare, 6/5). New Final Rule Details CMS on Thursday issued a final rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program that […]
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Blue Shield’s Proposed Acquisition of Care1st Faces Tough Scrutiny
Posted on July 23, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Los Angeles Times A top California regulator vowed a “deep dive” into a $1.2-billion acquisition proposed by Blue Shield of California amid criticism that the nonprofit insurer is shortchanging the public. Shelley Rouillard, director of the state Department of Managed Health Care, signaled tough scrutiny ahead for Blue Shield’s proposed purchase of Medicaid insurer […]
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Covered California Website Fail Its Disabled Residents
Posted on July 22, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: U-T San Diego California businesses have for years complained about lawsuits related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, where plaintiffs visit their stores or restaurants and then demand financial damages after finding oftentimes technical violations of the accessibility rules. At one point last year, 20-some businesses in thedowntown area of one northern California city […]
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Even As Obamacare Seeks To Expand Women’s Coverage, Some Still Face Key Gap
Posted on July 21, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Kaiser Health News Having a baby is a common women’s health event, yet insurance coverage isn’t always assured. Although the federal government recently clarified that many insurance plans must cover prenatal care as a preventive service without charging women anything out of pocket, it didn’t address a crucial — and much pricier — gap […]
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UnitedHealth, Anthem Seek to Buy Smaller Rivals
Posted on July 17, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Morningstar The two biggest health insurers by revenue, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Anthem Inc., are seeking to buy smaller rivals in a merger scramble aimed at cutting costs as the companies cope with the federal health-care overhaul. UnitedHealth made a preliminary takeover approach to Aetna Inc. in the last few days, people familiar with […]
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Covered California to Collect Data On Patients
Posted on July 16, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Los Angeles Times California’s health insurance exchange wants to know why you got sick this summer. With 1.4 million people enrolled, the state-run marketplace is embarking on an ambitious effort to collect insurance company data on prescriptions, doctor visits and hospital stays for every Obamacare patient. Covered California says this massive data-mining project is […]
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Obama’s Legacy Is at Stake in Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling
Posted on July 13, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: The New York Times WASHINGTON — The night his administration’s Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, President Obama described the victory the way he hopes historians will: as a “stone firmly laid in the foundation of the American dream.” But Mr. Obama’s prospects for a legacy of expanding health care coverage in the United […]
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Anthem Reaffirms Commitment to its $47-Billion Bid for Cigna
Posted on July 9, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Associated Press Anthem sees its more than $47 billion bid to buy rival Cigna as a way to muscle up on technology that helps consumers and to strengthen its rapidly growing Medicare Advantage business. Leaders of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer reaffirmed on Monday their commitment to getting a deal done a day after […]
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