by Jordana Choucair | Nov 4, 2021 | Payers
CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch told investors that the company is working with “speed and urgency” to launch physician-staffed primary care practices as it looks to expand its reach as a provider and curb overall health costs. Lynch also said that Aetna has...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 4, 2021 | Payers
Ford will require most of its 32,000 salaried workers in the U.S. to get COVID-19 vaccines, making it the first major American automaker to institute a vaccine mandate. Staff are required to be fully inoculated by December 8 is in line with a Biden administration...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 3, 2021 | Payers
Humana released its third-quarter earnings report today, posting $1.5 billion in Q3 profits. The report also shows that Humana expects its Medicare Advantage (MA) individual membership to grow 11 percent compared to the previous year. However, the insurer also cut its...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 1, 2021 | Payers
Advocates across the aerospace, distribution, defense, and trucking sectors are concerned about companies being able to meet the federal government’s December 8 COVID-19 vaccine and difficulties the mandate could pose on their labor force. The American Trucking...
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...
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