Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke on "The Dr. Oz Show" about his plans for Medicaid and birth control, and they're both going against traditional Republican values, Bloomberg reports. Here's what you should know.
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After being pressured to turnover financial information, Connecticut's Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade is recusing herself from "any role" in the approval of the Anthem-Cigna merger, the Connecticut Mirror reports.
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini wrote a letter to a group of senators that questioned the payer's exit from many Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to Hartford Courant.
Growing uncertainty over the Cigna-Anthem deal coupled with weak exchange business and low interest rates caused Zacks Investment Research to downgrade Anthem to a sell rating. Here's what you should know, Nasdaq reports.
Census Bureau survey figures found the uninsured rate hit 9.1 percent last year, with 4 million Americans gaining coverage in 2015, according to The Washington Post.
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Many payers sued the federal government after they suffered huge losses on the Affordable Care Act's risk corridor program, with CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt saying the agency may be discussing possible settlements with payers, according to The Hill.
The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians recently sent about 50 members to Washington, D.C., where they attended a legislative session to advocate for changes in MIPS.
Many physicians welcomed CMS' announcement of the four "pick-your-pace" options under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, according to HealthLeaders Media. This eases the stress for physicians who did not feel ready for the full implementation of the MACRA…
Eight states with power to determine the Senate majority will also likely have fewer payers operating in the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017, according to The Hill.
Health Republic is the latest company to leave the state of New Jersey's ACA exchange. Here's what you need to know.