Vance’s confusing health insurance remarks give Democrats a new attack line
GOP Vice Presidential-hopeful JD Vance made some confusing comments over the weekend about deregulating health…
Category: health insurance
STAT+: Insurers went all-in on Medicare Advantage. Now, some are scaling back
For years, health insurers battled to gain market share in the lucrative privatized Medicare program….
Opinion: STAT+: What does the presidential election mean for ICHRA and the health insurance market?
Over the past two presidential administrations, the health care market has changed dramatically with the…
STAT+: Key Senate Republican throws cold water on Affordable Care Act repeal, site-neutral payment policy
WASHINGTON — A key Senate Republican dismissed the idea that the Affordable Care Act can…
Trump admits he still doesn’t have an Affordable Care Act replacement plan
WASHINGTON — Eight years after he was elected president on a promise to repeal and…
STAT+: Elevance buys IU Health’s insurance company
Elevance Health, the parent of more than a dozen state Blue Cross Blue Shield plans,…
Biden administration finalizes rules to ensure insurers pay for mental health care
The Biden administration on Monday announced it would finalize a highly anticipated proposal meant to…
STAT+: Humana cutting Medicare Advantage plans that cover 10% of members
Roughly 10% of people enrolled in Humana’s private Medicare plans will have to find new…
STAT+: CVS removes top Aetna leader as higher medical costs eat further into profits
CVS Health continued to pay out more than it expected for the medical claims of…
STAT+: How UnitedHealth turned a questionable artery-screening program into a gold mine
The nation’s largest health care company pressed thousands of its clinicians to use a thinly…
STAT+: Medicare scrambles to keep prescription drug plan premiums stable ahead of elections
WASHINGTON — Medicare officials are offering private insurers big subsidies to keep premiums for prescription-drug…
STAT+: UnitedHealth and HCA clash over hospital chain’s rates in ‘battle of the giants’
Contract disputes between hospitals and health plans have become routine, but they tend to be…
STAT+: Private equity firms to acquire health care billing and payments firm R1 in $8.9 billion deal
R1 RCM is finally getting taken off the public markets, ending a months-long saga between…
STAT+: Wells Fargo faces class action lawsuit over workers’ high drug costs
Former employees sued Wells Fargo on Tuesday, alleging the banking giant violated federal law by…
STAT+: For-profit hospitals are getting a boost from a flood of patients
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money…
Listen: UnitedHealth’s doctor empire, an FDA departure, and Viking’s obesity moves
What makes UnitedHealth similar to Standard Oil? Is Viking Therapeutics an attractive acquisition target? And…
STAT+: The state pharma’s targeting this election cycle
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients
UnitedHealth Group started out as a small, Minnesota health insurance company and has since morphed…
Watch: How insurers use doctors to profit off medical codes
Insurers like UnitedHealth are profiting off of the Medicare Advantage system, and it’s causing problems…
STAT+: Elevance tumbles as health insurer warns Medicaid members are using more care
Wall Street’s reaction was swift Wednesday after Elevance Health said that the amount of care…
STAT+: UnitedHealth CEO concedes company was ‘over-optimistic’ about Change cyberattack recovery
UnitedHealth Group’s CEO said Tuesday that his team was “over-optimistic” about the pace at which…
Addressing the “postpartum cliff” may be as simple as a sending few text messages
Most pregnant people are in regular touch with their maternity care providers over the course…
STAT+: A cancer care startup is making a new bet with payers and providers: only pay if it works
A cancer care navigation startup has raised $95 million from prominent tech investors to help…
STAT+: The CEO of Kaiser’s new health network shares why he’s making a bet on a tiny North Carolina hospital system
Outside of North Carolina, most people probably haven’t heard of Cone Health. But the relatively…
Change Healthcare to begin notifying patients that cyberattack compromised their private info
Change Healthcare is beginning the process of notifying a “substantial proportion” of Americans that their…
STAT+: Why health care spending keeps climbing
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Why a big California employer ditched Elevance for some of its health plans
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is making a drastic change to one of its…
STAT+: Biden administration to recalculate Medicare Advantage quality ratings and bonuses
The federal government is rescoring the quality ratings of this year’s Medicare Advantage plans, which…
Biden and Trump are fighting to claim credit for $35 insulin. It was actually a pharma giant’s idea
WASHINGTON — Both President Biden and former President Trump love to claim credit for getting…
Watch: How pharmacy benefit managers influence drug pricing
This is Part 2 of “Behind the Counter,” an in-depth video series demystifying the complex…
Watch: The role of PBMs, patents, and public health in drug pricing
This is Part 1 of “Behind the Counter,” an in-depth video series demystifying the complex…
STAT+: Humana scores a win in a Medicare Advantage case
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Cigna wins case to block former executive from jumping to CVS
CVS Health viewed Amy Bricker as a potential CEO. But she won’t be going to…
Do digital physical therapy solutions work? New report has some insights
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology…
STAT+: A short-lived Medicaid freakout sends insurers’ stocks diving
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Elevance PBM’s president out as customers complain of prescription chaos
Paul Marchetti, the head of insurer Elevance Health’s pharmacy benefit manager, has left the company…
STAT+: Health insurers boast to investors about using AI, but they’d rather not talk about it
Health insurers are telling shareholders that they are ramping up the use of artificial intelligence…
New obesity drugs are seemingly everywhere. Black Americans feel left out
STAT teamed up with Word In Black, a network of 10 Black news publishers, to…
Opinion: The uphill battle to provide noninvasive treatment for fibroids
If an effective treatment is available for one common disease in men, and that same…
UnitedHealth argues algorithm lawsuit should be dismissed because patients didn’t spend years appealing denials
UnitedHealth Group should be released from a lawsuit that alleges its algorithm-based technology prematurely cut…
STAT+: Medical crowdfunding isn’t a solution for skyrocketing health care costs
In the United States, health care costs are so out of control that medical crowdfunding…
STAT+: CVS is willing to dump 10% of its Medicare Advantage members next year
CVS Health is preparing to make significant changes to its 2025 Medicare Advantage plans, which…
STAT+: UnitedHealth CEO downplays his company’s control over physicians
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Health economist marks up UnitedHealth CEO’s Senate hearing on the Change Healthcare cyberattack
For lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Wednesday’s congressional hearings about the Change Healthcare…
STAT+: Lawmakers grill UnitedHealth CEO on Change cyberattack. ‘Your company let the country down’
On Wednesday, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty appeared before Congress to answer for what lawmakers called…
Opinion: Unnecessary insurance claim denials compromise patient care and provider bottom lines
Health care providers are in an acute financial situation. Record-high wages required to attract and…
UnitedHealth ghosts Congress on Change cyberattack — for now
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of…
STAT+: Elevance’s private equity deal will form $4 billion primary care company
These days, the surefire way to get ahead in health insurance is to become a…
STAT+: Hospital price transparency rules are seeding a new crop of health tech startups
Federal rules forcing hospitals and insurers to post rates for medical procedures have taken effect,…
STAT+: UnitedHealth reaffirms financial outlook despite up to $1.6 billion hit from Change Healthcare cyberattack
Hospitals and medical groups say they’re still reeling from the effects of the cyberattack on…