Chelsey Ledue

An agreement has been reached that will allow Walgreens to continue participating in the CVS Caremark Corporation's pharmacy benefit management national retail network for existing, new and renewal plans.

The Pennsylvania Office of Health Care Reform has appointed an external advisory group that will help implement key elements of the federal healthcare reform act.

Hospitals that don't perform well under a new value-based purchasing model could lose millions of dollars in Medicare reimbursements beginning Oct. 1, 2012, according to VHA.

Four separate indictments, charging 17 individuals, have been handed down in New York in an investigation into large healthcare fraud and money laundering schemes.

The government has issued a new regulation that allows individuals and businesses more control over their own health plans.

Employers can expect medical costs to increase by 9 percent in 2011, a decrease of 0.5 percent from the 2010 growth rate, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute.

Californians must "harnesses existing enrollment channels and commercial marketplace infrastructure in a bold new public-private partnership" to accommodate a new health insurance exchange, according to an exchange development and administration firm.

The CVS Caremark Corporation has announced that it will no longer allow Walgreens' participation in its retail pharmacy networks.

UnitedHealthcare and Saint Luke's Health System in Kansas City, Mo., have announced a partnership to provide UnitedHealthcare's commercial and Medicare health plan customers with access to care provided by St. Luke's.

The three-year average of physicians who moved to a new location or practice, retired, or passed away is 15.2 percent, according to an update of SK&A’s "Physicians on the Move" report.