Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna Chief Executive Mark Bertolini spoke out against the ACA exchanges only one day after Aetna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana announced they were ending their merger agreement, according to the Washington Post.
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The U.S. Department of Justice joined San Francisco-based Constantine Cannon's whistleblower lawsuit against Hopkins, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, saying the payer allegedly overcharged Medicare by several hundreds of millions of dollars.
Former CMS CMO Jeffrey Kang, MD, penned a column for STAT in which he argues Medicare Advantage should convert other providers to transition to value-based care.
Seema Verma dodges ethical questions at confirmation hearing — Center for Medicare Advocacy responds
President Donald Trump's pick to lead CMS Seema Verma offered Senators very few specific answers during her Feb. 16, 2017, confirmation hearing, The Hill reports.
Medscape presented two recent studies which show ACOs do produce cost savings, although these gains may take some time to present themselves. JAMA Internal Medicine published the two studies online on Feb. 13, 2017.
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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is the first major payer to announce it will completely withdraw from the ACA marketplace in 2018, according to the New York Times.
A study published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examined payers' reluctance to cover hereditary cancer panels.
As President Donald Trump begins his ACA repeal, CDC data said the nation's uninsured rate was at its lowest ever at 8.8 percent in 2016, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), vice chairman of the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee, told reporters Republicans are considering major changes to Medicaid under their reconciliation bill, The Hill reports.
President Donald Trump made his first mark on the ACA by shortening the open enrollment period and aligning it to similar industry periods, NBC News reports.