by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A new report from KPMG found that health care mergers and acquisition activity hit a lull in the second quarter of 2023. There was a total of 245 deals in Q2 2023, 7 percent below deal volume in Q2 2022 and 41 percent below Q2 2021 levels. Forty-two percent of this...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 8, 2023 | Payers
A Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis of the preliminary insurance rate filings show that ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 6 percent for 2024. According to KFF’s examination of publicly-available documents from 68 insurers,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Aug 2, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
AmeriHealth Caritas announced that it would honor the payments already made toward 2023 plan year deductibles and out-of-pocket caps by former Friday Health Plans members who join AmeriHealth Caritas Next in North Carolina during a special open enrollment period...
by Jessica Casebolt | Aug 1, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Elevance Health, formerly Anthem, is updating the branding for its Amerigroup segment to Wellpoint in a bid to better align the government insurance business with its push toward whole health. The rebrand will roll out in January 2024, pending regulatory approvals, in...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A report from Epic Research found that once joining Medicare, patients are 50 percent more likely to get health screenings for breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Patients with other undiagnosed diseases, such as depression, COPD, type 2 diabetes, lung or prostate...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A key Senate committee on Wednesday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the intermediaries in the prescription drug supply chain who negotiate discounts with drug companies on behalf of insurance plans. While other...
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