Jeff Lagasse
Outcomes-based pricing models are bringing transparency to the often-murky orphan drug market.
It's the unanticipated consequence of the 2017 cut of the ACA's cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers.
Medicare recipients with chronic conditions such as heart failure or diabetes who live in rural locations have higher death and hospitalization rates.
Buttigieg would combat racial and gender bias in part by redirecting funding to under-resourced communities.
Families are facing holiday disruption in various forms due to medical cost concerns in the last two years, including bowing out on holiday giving.
CVS Health, Walgreens and Rite Aid will be donating drug dispensing services to help uninsured patients receive access to preventative medications.
Centene will retain IlliniCare's Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative business and its YouthCare foster care contract, set for February.
Decreased labor expenses also contributed to the strong financial performance for the month, though non-labor expenses increased.
The shift happening in healthcare is similar to trends in personal wealth management, with beneficiaries assuming greater control.
Outpatient care settings are garnering more satisfaction than other providers, but overall satisfaction is down.