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Mass General Brigham bolstered its bottom line. Other Mass. hospital groups reported multimillion losses
4+ hour, 28+ min ago By Jessica Bartlett "Boston Globe Despiteuncertainty and concern buffeting Massachusetts hospitals, the state's largest health system saw its finances improve last year, turning a small operating surplus and receiving a boon from investment income. Mass General Brigham on Friday reported…...
White House set to announce largest batch of drug pricing agreements yet
2+ day, 2+ hour ago By Daniel Payne and John Wilkerson WASHINGTON " Nine drugmakers on Friday are set to unveil deals with the Trump administration to lower the prices of some of their drugs, marking the administration's largest such deal to date. The deals are…...
Employers drop coverage for weight loss drugs as pharma’s direct-to-consumer programs grow
3+ day, 12+ hour ago When HCA Healthcare, one of the largest hospital systems in the U.S., recently told employees it would stop covering blockbuster obesity drugs Zepbound and Wegovy next year, it pointed them to an alternative way to get the treatments: Buy them themselves....
More drugmakers set to sign pricing deals with Trump on Friday
4+ day, 3+ hour ago STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...
A record Medicare drug payout, and the JPM dodgers
6+ day, 12+ hour ago Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry " with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
Medicare routes $16 billion to insurers to offset high drug costs
1+ week, 2+ day ago The federal government has sent a record $16 billion to health insurers that sell Medicare drug plans, a flashing red sign that prescription drug spending is blowing up far beyond what government officials and insurance experts had expected. The good news…...
Major health insurers to skip J.P. Morgan conference, again
1+ week, 4+ day ago By Tara Bannow and Bob Herman For a second straight year, the nation's largest health insurance companies will not be formally presenting at January's J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the industry's premier investor event. Centene, Cigna, CVS Health, Humana, Molina Healthcare, and…...
Rx cost explosion, ghost rates, and Cigna’s rebate guarantees
1+ week, 6+ day ago Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry " with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
Driven by GLP-1s, prescription drug spending explodes at major health insurers
1+ week, 6+ day ago Bob Herman is a business of health care reporter at STAT. He covers hospitals, health insurance, and other corners of the industry " with a goal of explaining and shining light on the massive amount of money flowing through the system....
ACA tax credits cool, while BIOSECURE heats up
2+ week, 5+ day ago STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...