Tuesday, August 30, 2022: Payers

Cigna announced it will expand its Affordable Care Act market presence to three new states and dozens of new counties next year. Health plans will be available on the individual exchanges in Texas, Indiana, and South Carolina, in addition to 50 new counties in the...

Tuesday, August 30, 2022: Payers

A RAND study published in JAMA Health Forum found that higher-cost Medicare Advantage (MA) plans don’t always yield higher quality. Quality varied substantially within each premium cost tier studied, with people enrolled in the two higher-premium plan tiers...

Monday, August 29, 2022: Health IT

General Catalyst announced it is partnering with WellSpan Health to help the health system tackle challenges. The partnership will enable WellSpan to tap into General Catalyst’s “health assurance” network of health care technology companies and give the health system...

Monday, August 29, 2022: Life Sciences

The federal government announced it no longer supply free at-home COVID-19 tests via the U.S. Postal Service effective Friday, September 2. The announcement, posted to the federal government’s COVID-19 website, said that the program is being suspended because...

Monday, August 29, 2022: Life Sciences

Moderna filed a lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging the vaccine makers “unlawfully copied Moderna’s inventions, and they have continued to use them without permission.” Moderna is seeking compensation from Pfizer for the use of technology that it says it...

Monday, August 29, 2022: Payers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Biden administration will provide $98.9 million in grant funding to Navigator organizations to help consumers select an Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plan. The investment is almost $19...