Wednesday, July 20, 2022: Payers

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s health care arm plans to invest $30 million in a three-year-old health plan administrator called Centivo, a health plan for self-funded employers. Centivo’s model enables employers to offer benefits that include no deductibles, free...

Tuesday, July 19, 2022: Health IT

Tech developer Fold Health launched an interoperable digital health tech stack for primary care.  The company offers a comprehensive, customizable operating system that can be laid on top of existing EHRs or platforms. The entrepreneurs built the initial...

Tuesday, July 19, 2022: Life Sciences

House representatives called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to penalize drugmakers that have lowered or eliminated price breaks through the federal 340B Drug Discount program. In a letter, the group of 181 lawmakers said, “vulnerable...

Tuesday, July 19, 2022: Life Sciences

Independent advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will meet today to discuss Novavax Inc.’s protein-based COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration last week authorized it as a primary immunization for adults, but has not yet...

Tuesday, July 19, 2022: Payers

A new analysis of marketplace insurers’ early rate filings in 13 states and the District of Columbia found that they are proposing higher premium hikes for 2023. According to the analysis, the median proposed rate increase is 10 percent across 72 insurers. Eight...