Amazon.com Inc., Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. say they plan to collaborate on a way to offer health-care services to their U.S. employees more transparently and at a lower cost.
The U.S. Health and Human Service Department waited until a day before ACA payments were due to notify New York and Minnesota by email that more than $1 billion in annual funding was being cut off, according to a complaint filed in federal court.
Advocacy groups filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations efforts to overhaul Medicaid by allowing states to require some beneficiaries to work or pursue jobs.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Alex Azar to head the Department of Health and Human Services, setting a permanent replacement for Tom Price four months after he was ousted amid a scandal over his travel.
According to a lawsuit, Centene misled customers about the number of doctors covered under its health plans, offering individuals who bought Obamacare plans far skimpier coverage than they signed up for.
A central plank of the $67.5 billion merger of CVS and Aetna is transforming CVS's stores into health hubs where consumers can get care, pick up their drugs, buy some milk, and stay out of the hospital.
Centene Corp. will be allowed to resume selling health insurance plans in Washington state, three days after regulators ordered a halt, saying the company failed to cover enough doctors and other care providers.
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