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Insurer has lost $90 million in exchange market even after increasing premiums by double digits.
An additional dollar in list price was associated with an additional 15 cents in payment to a hospital for privately insured patients, according to the study.
Advocates say strategy doesn't address concerns about plan design, might push consumers away by increasing out-of-pocket costs.
The Memphis-based company provides pharmacy services to more than 500 hospitals and healthcare facilities.
But America's Health Insurance Plans says it does not fully support the just-announced payment rate because it falls a little short.
Insurer says CMS violated the law's requirement that Medicare Advantage insurers be subject to the same actuarial standards as Medicare.
Insurers are already seeing success, experts say, and they won't be quick to give up those savings.
Integrating caregivers into discharge planning resulted in a 25 percent reduction in risk of readmission within 90 days, results show.
Office of Inspector General for the VA concluded overcharges had occurred going back to 2002, DOJ said.
Lawsuit filed days after EpiPen recall for potential defect in supplier component.