Consumer Driven Health Care

Aetna uses Change Healthcare as an intermediary for certain data exchanges, and many of its in-network providers use it to submit claims to Aetna, however, the insurer announced its systems have not been comprised.

Any prolonged disruption of the health care tech company's systems "will negatively impact many hospitals' ability to offer the full set of health-care services," wrote the American Hospital Association to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.

Two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains announced plans on Friday to begin selling mifepristone in states where abortion is legal, after receiving certification to dispense the pills following a FDA regulatory shift last year.

In states that banned abortion, doctors are forced to wrestle with tough decisions about high-risk pregnancy care and "don't want to have a patient die and be responsible for it," said one doctor.

The three health insurers have been hit with lawsuits by the Healthcare Justice Coalition NJ, which claims that doctors are paid just a fraction of their bills for out-of-network services provided.

The health care industry led the way in False Claims Act settlements with a record 543 cases related to hospitals, pharmacies, labs and physicians, including a $172 million Cigna settlement involving Medicare Advantage fraud.