Newsletter Tool

Weekly Digest

This Week

Jan 13, 2024

Elevance Health sues feds, challenging changes to MA star ratings methodology

JPM24, Day 1: Mayo Clinic partners with Cerebras; Corewell Health's post-merger savings

JPM24: Amazon rolls out digital health benefits program, taps Omada Health as launch partner

JPM24, Day 2: Hartford HealthCare touts outpatient strategy; Henry Ford Health pitches 'ambitious' $4.9B spending plan

New Walgreens CEO signals pharmacy giant will shift to new drug pricing models

Featured

Elevance Health sues feds, challenging changes to MA star ratings methodology

By Paige Minemyer

Elevance Health and its regional subsidiaries have filed suit against the feds, challenging changes to the methodology for Medicare Advantage star ratings that it calls "unlawful."

JPM24, Day 1: Mayo Clinic partners with Cerebras; Corewell Health's post-merger savings

By Healthcare Staff

All the latest healthcare and health tech news from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

JPM24: Amazon rolls out digital health benefits program, taps Omada Health as launch partner

By Heather Landi

Amazon plans to collaborate with digital health companies to connect customers with virtual care benefits for managing conditions like diabetes and hypertension. The online retail giant tapped virtual-first chronic care provider Omada Health as its first partner.

JPM24, Day 2: Hartford HealthCare touts outpatient strategy; Henry Ford Health pitches 'ambitious' $4.9B spending plan

By Healthcare Staff

Get the latest healthcare and health tech news from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

New Walgreens CEO signals pharmacy giant will shift to new drug pricing models

By Heather Landi

New Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth signaled the drugstore retail giant is exploring new pharmacy models as cost-plus drug pricing gains momentum during the company's recent first-quarter earnings call.

JPM24: How Aetna charted a comeback in the 2024 MA star ratings

By Paige Minemyer

After a rough showing a year ago, Aetna bounced back for 2024, and was one of the stronger performers in the latest star ratings.

JPM24: Jefferson Health says LVHN merger would double its insurance business within 2 years

By Dave Muoio

To diversify its revenue stream, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit wants to make health insurance a much larger part of its business. A proposed merger with Lehigh Valley Health Network could help Jefferson Health reach its five-year growth target in less than half the time, executives said at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

JPM24: Uber Health, Socially Determined team up to connect patients to healthy food, prescription delivery

By Heather Landi

Uber Health is tapping Socially Determined's social risks analytics data to help payers and providers connect patients to needed resources like healthy food and prescription medication delivery.

CES 2024: Elevance Health launches program to provide digital health-enabled smartphones to Medicaid members

By Paige Minemyer

Elevance Health is launching a new initiative that aims to put smartphones in the hands of Medicaid members who otherwise cannot connect to virtual services.

JPM24: Oscar Health eyes 2024 profitability and ICHRA

By Noah Tong

Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini gave strategic insight to the company's path to profitability and its intentions for the ICHRA and Medicare Advantage markets at JPM24.

Fierce podcasts