Medicare wants to start paying hospitals fixed amounts for hip and knee replacements, rather than letting providers bill individually for each surgical and recovery service provided to older Americans, health […]
Compensation of primary care physicians continues to outpace that of their specialist counterparts rising nearly 3.6% last year to $241,273, according to the 2015 provider compensation report from the Medical […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Vertex Pharmaceutical Inc.’s cystic-fibrosis drug Orkambi, which could treat as many as 8,500 patients in the U. S. — but at a whopping […]
As the larger Aetna (AET) looks to the future following its proposed acquisition of Humana (HUM), one key area under consideration would be to bring the management of its large […]
The big are getting bigger: Aetna and Humana, the nation’s number three and number four health insurers by revenue, are merging. Aetna will pay about $230 per share for Humana, […]
HARTFORD, Conn. & LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Aetna will acquire all outstanding […]
The health care industry remains exceptionally healthy: Hospitals, doctors, and other health care employers added 40,100 jobs in June, the latest big month for one of America’s most crucial economic […]
In what may slow the growth of premiums for Americans purchasing coverage on public exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, a new report shows 2015 enrollees using fewer prescriptions than […]
In every budget, we can control what we pay for some items while others are out of our control. Health insurance premiums are one of those items over which the […]
What a relief, that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled favorably on the Affordable Care Act, that people living in states without exchanges can receive subsidies for insurance through federal exchanges. […]
