by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2021 | Transition to Value
CMS announced that ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2020 earned performance bonuses totaling nearly $2.3 billion and saved Medicare $1.9 billion. Sixty-seven percent (or 345) of the 513 ACOs earned shared savings payments in 2020. ACOs...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2021 | Payers
Delta Air Lines announced that employees who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will incur a $200 monthly increase on their health insurance premiums effective November 1. Unvaccinated employees will also face indoor masking effective immediately and weekly COVID-19...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2021 | M&A
Headspace and Ginger announced plans to merge in a deal that values the combined company at $3 billion. The new company, called Headspace Health, boasts more than 2,700 enterprise and health plan customers with combined bookings of nearly $300 million by end of 2021....
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2021 | Life Sciences
Pfizer and Moderna announced plans to seek additional FDA approvals for their respective COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer said it will submit its application for a third dose of its vaccine for everyone ages 16 and older by the end of this week. Federal regulators are likely...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2021 | Access & Coverage
Congressional Democrats are looking to create a new federal program to provide health insurance coverage in the 12 Republican-led states that have declined to expand Medicaid. The program would be part of the $3.5 trillion budget resolution. Initially, the federal...
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