AMA Calls on Justice Department To Stop Insurer Mega-Mergers
Supported by a study of health insurer mergers, the American Medical Association (AMA) has request that the Justice Department stop…
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85% Increase of Insurance Premiums Hurts Small Businesses in Calif.
An 85 percent price hike for group health insurance premiums is hurting small business owners in California. Santa Cruz businesses…
Insurance Commissioners Recommend New Standards To Improve Access to Care
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners recommends comprehensive new standards to address consumers’ complaints regarding lack of access to physicians…
Insurer Exits NY Marketplace, Leaving Cancer Patients Without Health Care Coverage
Roughly 250 patients receiving treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center signed up the only marketplace insurer in New York…
Insurer Faces Lawsuit over Insurance Nonpayments
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in New Jersey filed a $260 million federal lawsuit against an insurer, alleging nonpayment for services…
Insurer’s Hepatitis C Drug Denials Yields Lawsuit
An insurer has been hit with a federal class action lawsuit. Plaintiffs allege the health insurer denied them access to…
CMS’s “Creative Accounting” for Insurance Co-Ops Comes under Question
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was scrutinized by two senate committee leaders earlier this week regarding whether…
FDA’s HIV Drug Development Guidance Focuses on Treatment-Experienced Population
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final guidance on HIV drug development aims to promote and facilitate more drug…
Hillary Clinton Criticizes Health Insurers for Using Mergers To Profiteer
Hillary Clinton is calling for greater regulatory scrutiny of major health insurance mergers, saying “I am very skeptical of the…
CMS will Pay for Biosimilars and Generics Equally
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its proposal to pay for biosimilars under Medicare…