Issues
- ☕ Payer fitnessAs medical and pharmacy costs spike, payers are becoming pickier about which benefits they offer.
- ☕ Pharma’s Q3 boonMajor drugmakers saw gains overall this most recent quarter.
- ☕ New CVS location announced in SplitsvilleThe retail pharmacy chain is separating the pharmacy from its payer and PBM arms.
- ☕ ACA market tumultPayers are leaving markets and raising premiums.
- ☕ Prior authorizations bundledAetna is bundling PAs for cancer care following scrutiny across the industry.
- ☕ Health insurance havocIncreasing debt is further complicating hospital finances.
- ☕ Inspecting immunizationsHHS wants to increase surveillance on potential vaccine injuries.
- ☕ Temporary time-outA group of ACA brokers and agents is suing CMS after the agency barred new entrants.
- ☕ Medicare market checkMedicare contractions are a sign of the times.
- ☕ Putting money to workWhere states are allocating their Rural Health Transformation Program money.