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:
CMS plans Medicaid 'red-tape' rollback for states
States could see less administrative burdens in the near future
thanks to a proposed regulatory rollback by the Medicaid agency.
Fierce Healthcare
Friday, March 23, 2018
Graphic: Opioid Painkiller Is Top Prescription In 11 States
Americans fill about 4.5 billion prescriptions each year, at a
cost of more than $323 billion. But what are we actually buying?
Kaiser Health News
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Medical Research, Drug Treatment And Mental Health Are Winners In
New Budget Bill
The big budget deal reached this week in the House doesn't
include a long-sought-after provision to stabilize the Affordable Care
Act marketplaces. But the $1.3 billion plan, set to fund the government
through September, has lots of new money for medical research, addiction
treatment and mental health care.
NPR
Thursday, March 22, 2018
States Extend Medicaid For Birth Control, Cutting Costs — And Future
Enrollment
The Trump administration is weighing whether to allow Texas to
receive millions of federal Medicaid dollars for its family planning
program, which bars abortion providers.
Kaiser Health News
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Highmark Health added $1B in net income in 2017 with a ‘substantial
turnaround’ in ACA plans
Highmark Health’s Affordable Care Act exchange plans were
profitable for the first time in 2017 as the insurer added $1 billion in
net income compared to 2016. The Pittsburgh-based Blues plan that covers
nearly 5 million members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware saw
significant growth in commercial and government plans, including its
Medicare Advantage segment.
Fierce Healthcare
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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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