How One ACA Insurer Had Its Best Year in 2018
March 6—In a year when individual-market insurance enrollment dipped nationally, the dominant insurer in Florida had its largest enrollment yet.
Azar: Time to Move Value-Based Payment Beyond ACOs, Bundles
March 5—The new leader of healthcare policy for the federal government says it’s time to advance value-based payment efforts beyond accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled payment initiatives.
340B Reporting Bill Draws Hospital Worry
March 5—Hospitals are concerned that new transparency legislation will leave the wrong impression about a federal discount drug program that’s come under fire from pharmaceutical companies.
March 5-9 Policy Watch: Consumerism, Individual Costs Garner More Attention
March 1—The increasing importance of consumerism and healthcare costs for the individual will dominate provider and health plan meetings across the country next week.
Should Hospitals Fear the Amazon-Berkshire-JP Morgan Entity?
Feb. 28—Although little is yet clear about the high-profile collaboration between three innovative companies, hospitals could see a range of impacts, industry watchers say.
CVS-Aetna Deal Targets Hospital Utilization for Savings
Feb. 27—Executives at CVS Health and Aetna told Congress this week that the merged entity they propose to create will look to garner savings from reduced hospital use.
‘Business as Usual’ in FTC Hospital Deal Enforcement, Former Official Says
Feb. 26—Despite an expected continuation of record hospital merger-and-acquisition deal volume, and warnings from the Trump administration, a former law enforcement leader said antitrust enforcement is not expected to change in 2018.
Governors Push Value-Based Pay Shift to Control Costs
Feb. 22—A bipartisan group of governors urged a range of steps by federal, state, and private payers to spur the shift to value-based payment and help control spiraling healthcare costs.
Feb. 22—Congress will take a look this week at one of the new breed of mergers that are shaking up the healthcare industry.
Feb. 22—Congress will take a look this week at one of the new breed of mergers that are shaking up the healthcare industry.
Congress Weighs Responses to Hospital M&A
Feb. 15—Reduced Medicare payments to practices acquired by hospitals, tightened 340B requirements, more telemedicine funding, and increased transparency were among the possible federal responses to hospital merger-and-acquisition (M&A) trends, as discussed this week by members of Congress.