U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., have sent a letter to UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley expressing concern over a recent cyberattack targeting UHG subsidiary ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is canceling contracts and pulling funding for the development of mRNA vaccines for respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 and the flu. The decision ...

The administration wants drugmakers to bring medication prices more closely in line with the Most-Favored Nation pricing approach.

Aetna saw its medical benefits ratio increase months after CVS announced it would exit the ACA individual market due to struggling performance.

Hospices will get a 2.6% pay increase for 2026 in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) final rule. The bump represents an estimated increase of $750 ...

Due to higher than expected medical costs, UnitedHealthcare will exit certain Medicare Advantage plans, according to information released during Tuesday’s Q2 earnings call. Without giving details of ...

Intermountain is among the health systems that have pledged to "kill the clipboard" in support of the CMS Interoperability Framework.

UnitedHealth Group has appointed Wayne S. DeVeydt as its chief financial officer, effective Sept. 2. DeVeydt, 55, replaces John F. Rex, who has been CFO since 2016. Rex will become strategic advisor ...

Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs) will get a 2.5% payment bump under the IPF Prospective Payment System final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The increase is based ...

Skilled nursing facilities will get a 3.2% bump per the final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday. For fiscal year 2026, CMS is making the update to the Skilled ...

Acute care hospitals get a 2.6% payment increase under a final rule released Thursday afternoon by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This reflects a projected 2026 hospital market basket ...

Cigna reaffirmed its guidance on Thursday, logging a strong second quarter despite persistently high medical costs that are causing headaches for insurers. Brian Evanko, president and CEO of Cigna ...