Friday Five: Top 5 healthcare business news items from the MCOL Weekend edition
Every business day, MCOL posts feature stories making news on the
business of health care. Here are five we think are particularly
important for this week:
Congress Isn’t Really Done With Health Care — Just Look At What’s
In The Tax Bills Having failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act,
Congress is now working on a tax overhaul. But it turns out the tax
bills in the House and Senate also aim to reshape health care. Kaiser Health News
Friday, December
1, 2017
CMS makes it official: Two mandatory bundled-pay models canceled The CMS has finalized its decision to toss two mandatory
bundled-payment models and cut down the number of providers required to
participate in a third. Modern Healthcare
Thursday,
November 30, 2017
CVS Nears Deal to Acquire Health Insurer Aetna CVS Health Corp. is nearing an agreement to acquire health
insurer Aetna Inc. for more than $65 billion, according to a person
familiar with the negotiations, in a deal that could reshape the
pharmacy and health insurance industries. Bloomberg
Thursday,
November 30, 2017
Marketplace Confusion Opens
Door To Questions About Skinny Plans Consumers coping with the high cost of health insurance are the
target market for new plans claiming to be lower-cost alternatives to
the Affordable Care Act that fulfill the law’s requirement for health
coverage. Kaiser Health News
Monday, November
27, 2017
As Health Care Changes, Insurers, Hospitals and Drugstores Team
Up They seem like odd couples: Aetna, one of the nation’s largest
health insurers, is in talks to combine with CVS Health, which manages
pharmacy benefits. The Cleveland Clinic, a highly regarded health
system, joined forces with an insurance start-up, Oscar Health, to offer
individuals a health plan in Ohio. NY Times
Sunday, November
26, 2017
These and more weekly news items on the business of healthcare are
featured in the
MCOL Weekend
edition, along with the MCOL Tidbits, and more, for
MCOL Premium level members.
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