Jeff Lagasse
Pfizer will deliver the doses in the U.S. if the product receives Emergency Use Authorization or licensure from the FDA.
Hospital margins could sink to a median as low as -7% by year's end, and half of all hospitals may be in the red.
The signatories contend that, by requiring hospitals to post real prices, patients will be better able to evaluate their options.
The anticipated reduction in health plan startup costs should allow Molina to recover the purchase price in about a year.
Prime will acquire St. Francis for a net of $350 million, with a $200 million base cash price and $60 million for accounts receivable.
About 48 million non-elderly Americans will be part of a household in which someone loses a job due to COVID-19.
Demand for physicians, as gauged by the number of new search engagements, has declined by over 30% since March 21.
Dauner helmed the CHA for more than three decades and was instrumental in developing the Affordable Care Act.
Most insurers do not yet have a specific estimate of how much premiums might change due to COVID-19.
An ongoing legal battle has made the price transparency final rule contentious, but its implementation may be inevitable.