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CMS fined Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans $1.17 million after an audit revealed the payer failed to comply with several guidelines concerning beneficiaries and prescription drug benefits, Healthcare Finance News reports.

After attempting to end its potential merger with Indianapolis-based Anthem, Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals defering to Anthem in its antitrust case appeal, Healthcare Dive reports.

Specialty drug spending could be slowing, said Doug Long, vice president of Danbury, Conn.-based QuintilesIMS at the 2016 National Association of Specialty Pharmacy's annual meeting, held from Sept. 26 to 28 in Washington, D.C., Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports.

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