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:
Insurers, small businesses praise move to delay Obamacare health
insurance tax
After logging a victory in Congress to suspend a controversial
Obamacare tax beginning in 2019, health insurers and small businesses
are now setting their sights on 2020.
Washington Examiner
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Pfizer Settles Kickback Case Related To Copay Assistance For $24M
Pfizer will pay the government nearly $24 million as part of a
settlement to resolve allegations that it funneled money through a
foundation resulting in illegal kickbacks.
Kaiser Health News
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Drugmakers Blamed For Blocking Generics Have Jacked Up Prices And Cost
U.S. Billions
Makers of brand-name drugs called out by the Trump administration
for potentially stalling generic competition have hiked their prices by
double-digit percentages since 2012 and cost Medicare and Medicaid
nearly $12 billion in 2016, a Kaiser Health News analysis has found.
Kaiser Health News
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Insurance Consolidation May Soon Include Hospitals, Create Powerhouses
The continued market consolidation and efforts to create an
“all-in-one” approach to healthcare insurance customers may lead to
carriers acquiring large hospital networks, particularly if the
CVS-Aetna transaction proves to be successful and profitable, one
analyst says.
HealthLeaders Media
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Kaiser Permanente commits $200M to
reduce homelessness
Kaiser Permanente is teaming up with mayors of a number of
American cities to fight housing insecurity and homelessness. The
Oakland, California-based integrated health system said late last week
it will invest up to $200 million.
Healthcare Dive
Tuesday, May 22, 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.
|
Reader Comments