Susan Morse
Deal has been long speculated since the announced $69 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna.
AHA and three of its member hospitals had sued HHS due to the long delay in processing claims appeals.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should update its county benchmark calculation in the 2019 final notice being published Monday, April 2, AHIP says.
Greater transparency is needed in the pharmaceutical supply chain in response to the nearly 25 percent increase in drug prices between 2012 and 2016, insurer says.
The organization anticipates offering a number of fully insured and self-insured commercial products starting as early as April 1, with Medicare and other products to follow.
Transaction follows layoffs at Ascension Health Michigan.
ACOs have left because of a surprise risk adjustment that pushed some from receiving bonus payments to paying penalties, expert says.
The Office of the Insurance Commission will impose some or all of a remaining $900,000 suspended fine if the insurer does not meet compliance plan.
The at-risk model has grown, but for some accountable care organizations obtaining financial benchmarks remains elusive. ACOs that have exited the program in the past said metrics are too high.
The platform gives providers patient data to earn incentives from risk-based contracts.