by Jordana Choucair | Oct 28, 2021 | Payers
KFF’s Annual Survey of Medicaid Directors found that the COVID-19 pandemic prompted over half of state Medicaid programs to expand programs to address social determinants of health. Three-quarters of responding states reported initiatives in place or planned to...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2021 | Payers
Centene’s CFO told inventors that the company will evaluate proposals from pharmacy benefits companies next year to manage the health insurer’s $30 billion per year drug spend. In 2018, Centene fired CVS Caremark as its PBM and shifted the drug purchasing...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 26, 2021 | Payers
Business groups are asking the White House to delay implementing President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The National Retail Federation, the American Trucking Associations, and the Retail Industry Leaders Association asked officials to give businesses 90 days...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 25, 2021 | Payers
CMS released new guidance requiring state Medicaid programs and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to cover treatments for COVID-19 without cost sharing. The coverage requirement includes drugs approved by the FDA for treating COVID-19, preventive therapies,...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 22, 2021 | Payers
UnitedHealth Group Inc. pledged to reprocess every one of its commercial claims tied to COVID-19 vaccines. The promise comes after a federal investigation uncovered that the Minnesota-based insurer doled out “millions” in provider bills at a rate 40...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Payers
CMS Innovation Center leaders outlined the agency’s strategy to drive health care transformation. The strategy consists of five goals: 1) increase the number of people in relationships with providers that are accountable for patients’ costs and improving...
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