by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 3, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services announced Thursday that they have signed a letter of intent “to explore the formation of a new health care organization,” a merge that would create an organization with roughly $11...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 3, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The Federal Trade Commission has fined digital mental health care provider BetterHelp $7.8 million for sharing the personal health information of millions of consumers with advertisers like Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo, and Pinterest during a seven-year period. Under...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 3, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Walgreens Boots Alliance said it will not dispense abortion pills in 20 states, acting out of an abundance of caution amid a shifting policy landscape, threats from state officials, and pressure from anti-abortion activists. Nearly two dozen Republican state attorneys...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 2, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Health insurers’ margins in Medicare Advantage were more than double those seen in other markets in 2021, reinforcing the way the program can produce strong financial returns for plans, a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis shows. Private Medicare plans are...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 2, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
Adults across the United States are being diagnosed with colon and rectal cancers at younger ages, and now 1 in 5 new cases are among those in their early 50s or younger, according to the American Cancer Society’s latest colorectal cancer report. The report says that...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 2, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer announced Wednesday that he is launching an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) and actions that increase health care costs for patients. Comer called for enhanced transparency in the PBM...
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