What You Should Know:
– Walmart today announced new digital innovations designed to transform the healthcare shopping experience, specifically aiding customers in maximizing their Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits.
– In a first for retail, select customers…
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Ashish V. Shah, Founder and CEO of Dina
The Medicare Advantage (MA) market is at a tipping point, with more than half of all seniors enrolled in an MA plan for their healthcare. Utilization of…
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Understanding the Prescription Drug Access Challenge
Prescription drug coverage has become increasingly restrictive across all major insurance types, creating significant barriers for American patients seeking essential medications. Recent research reveals that healthcare consumers face unprecedented…
Coalition Files Legal Challenge Against Health Department Changes
A coalition of nineteen states and Washington D.C. has filed a comprehensive lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s controversial restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services…
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What You Should Know:
– Less than a week after the resignation of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) CEO Andrew Witty, two whistleblowers have come forward with significant evidence alleging that Optum, a…
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Groundbreaking Health Data Partnership
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced a collaborative partnership to develop a comprehensive “real-world data platform” focused on autism research. This…
What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it is taking immediate action to implement President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order, “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American…
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The Growing Insurance Coverage Dilemma
Americans with health insurance are facing what GoodRx researchers call “the big pinch” – a troubling intersection of limited medication coverage and restrictive access policies across commercial plans, Medicare, and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) are asking for public input on how best to promote…
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Bipartisan Legislation Tackles Imaging Oversight
A new bipartisan bill seeks to transform Medicare’s approach to advanced diagnostic imaging by reviving and improving the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) program that was indefinitely paused by CMS in…
