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Aug 10, 2024

CVS CEO Karen Lynch to take over 'day-to-day' operations at Aetna amid ongoing struggles

Hims & Hers projects 2024 revenue to hit $1.37B buoyed by demand for weight loss drugs

Epic rolls out new feature to make it easier for patients to share medical records with health apps

UnitedHealth institutes gold card program to address prior authorization concerns

Republicans challenge CMS premium stabilization program legality - Paige Minemyer

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CVS CEO Karen Lynch to take over 'day-to-day' operations at Aetna amid ongoing struggles

By Paige Minemyer

CVS Health is making changes at the top of its Aetna division as the insurer navigates choppy waters.

Hims & Hers projects 2024 revenue to hit $1.37B buoyed by demand for weight loss drugs

By Heather Landi

Hims & Hers's second quarter revenue soared 52% to hit $316 million, boosted by demand for its weight loss drugs. It plans to buy a compounding pharmacy to double down on its strategy.

Epic rolls out new feature to make it easier for patients to share medical records with health apps

By Heather Landi

The new capability is part of a wider effort by the healthcare industry, facilitated by new health tech policies from the federal government, to advance data-sharing at scale.

UnitedHealth institutes gold card program to address prior authorization concerns

By Noah Tong

Physician practices in good standing will be able to skip prior authorization for some services, the insurer recently announced.

Republicans challenge CMS premium stabilization program legality

By Noah Tong

Republicans, deeming the Inflation Reduction Act as the culprit for rising premiums, are questioning CMS' new premium stabilization program.

Centene Medicare Advantage subsidiary WellCare to retreat from 6 states in 2025

By Noah Tong

WellCare is leaving six states next year, impacting more than 37,000 Centene members across the country.

Guidehealth picks up $14M in seed funding, aided by Texas' Memorial Hermann Health System

By Emma Beavins

Health tech startup Guidehealth, which assists health systems with value-based care coordination, raised millions in its seed round.

Appeals court upholds ruling that struck down surprise billing arbitration process

By Paige Minemyer

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision that struck down key parts of legislation aimed at reforming surprise medical billing.

Steward Health Care making 'significant progress' on deals to sell Massachusetts hospitals, physician group

By Heather Landi

Steward Health Care has made "significant progress" on deals to sell five Massachusetts hospitals and its physician group to enable the facilities to remain open under new operators,

FDA releases roster of digital health advisory committee, chaired by American College of Cardiology innovation officer

By Emma Beavins

The Food and Drug Administration announced the nine technical experts who will serve on its new digital health advisory committee, formed last October to advise the agency on policy for digitally-enabled medical devices.

Fierce podcasts

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New mandatory bundled payment model for hospitals

This week on “Podnosis” we're discussing a new payment model that could affect thousands of hospitals across the country. It's called TEAM, and it stands for Transforming Episode Accountability Model. It's a mandatory bundled payment program that covers five common procedures.

Championing equity in skin of color dermatology

ONC’s Micky Tripathi on creating a connected healthcare system

Resources

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The Health Equity Index: How Health Plans Can Get Ahead

Medicare Advantage plans: learn how to leverage data, personalize social risk factor screenings, and collaborate for better health outcomes in our white paper, The Health Equity Index: How Plans Can Get Ahead of the Curve.

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