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BCBS of Tenn. specialty drug change prompts backlash | UnitedHealth stock gets year-end boost, but what's ahead? | AHA largely silent on suing patients for unpaid bills | The decade in healthcare: 12 milestones

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 31, 2019 1. UnitedHealth stock saved by year-end boost. What does 2020 hold? Full story 2. Physician charged with murder sues Ohio hospital for defamation Full story 3. BCBS of Tennessee specialty drug change brings physician backlash Full story 4. How…

HCSC issues layoffs | TeamHealth's ER billing scrutinized at Nashville General | Aetna, Cigna, BCBS fined over improper denials | 100 hospitals with great orthopedic programs

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 24, 2019 1. HCSC to lay off dozens of employees after exec exits Full story 2. Aetna, Cigna and BCBS hit with fines over improper denials in California Full story 3. TeamHealth's ER billing scrutinized…

Cigna sells group insurance unit for $6.3B | Ex-UnitedHealth CEO's startup tops $1B in funding | ACA mandate ruled unconstitutional | Nonprofit health plans sue Texas over $10B Medicaid contracts

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 19, 2019 1. Cigna sells group insurance unit for $6.3B Full story 2. ACA mandate ruled unconstitutional Full story 3. 12 payer exec moves Full story 4. Your A/R system needs a reality check.…

NY physician sentenced in $30M billing scheme | HHS appeals termination of hospital outpatient pay cut | Memorial Hermann, Cigna to end contract | ACA taxes face repeal in $1.3T spending deal

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 17, 2019 1. New York physician sentenced to prison for role in $30M billing scheme Full story 2. Congress unveils $1.3T spending deal: 5 healthcare takeaways Full story 3. Memorial Hermann, Cigna to end…

UnitedHealth: 50 states, ranked by health | BCBS of Mass. integrates with PillPack | Why Anthem doesn't want to own physician practices | Best places to work in healthcare: Glassdoor

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 12, 2019 1. America's Health Rankings: How all 50 states fared Full story 2. Cigna in talks to sell $6B group insurance unit to New York Life Full story 3. BCBS of Massachusetts integrates…

UnitedHealth to buy pharmacy | Humana execs offload shares | $12B ACA case before SCOTUS | Dignity, Cigna hit contract gridlock | BCBS of RI debuts 1st outpatient joint bundles

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 10, 2019 1. UnitedHealth to acquire struggling specialty pharmacy Full story 2. Supreme Court to hear $12B ACA payment case Full story 3. Humana accidentally auto-billed 25,000 members for 100 times their owed fees…

Anthem payments can't keep up with costs, Ky. hospital CEO says | 4 things to know about Optum's 'city by city' strategy | BCBS: Tenn. hospital used 'suspicious' billing tactics | Hospitals sue to block price transparency rule

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 5, 2019 1. Optum's 'city by city' healthcare strategy: 4 things to know Full story 2. Hospital groups sue HHS to block price transparency rule Full story 3. Kentucky hospital CEO: Revenue from Anthem…

UnitedHealth: 2020 revenues to top $260B | Highmark CEO to chair BCBSA board | Booker: Payers must fix bias in algorithms | Mich. insurer alerts members of phishing attack

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 3, 2019 1. UnitedHealth says revenues will top $260B in 2020 Full story 2. Highmark CEO to chair BCBSA board Full story 3. New York hospital closes campus Full story 4. How to streamline…

Best Buy's healthcare strategy: Get insurers to pay | Anthem racks up fines in Calif. | Boston Heart resolves kickback claims | CVS to buy Centene plan | OIG: Medicare overpaid hospitals $502M

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 2, 2019 1. Best Buy's healthcare strategy: Get insurers to pay Full story 2. Passport, a 20-year managed Medicaid veteran in Kentucky, loses out on $8B contract Full story 3. California fined Anthem nearly…

CMS opens primary care model applications | Calif. surgeon sentenced in $580M billing scheme | UnitedHealth: 10 updates | BCBS of Mass. expands digital therapy offering

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 27, 2019 1. CMS accepting applications for primary care payment models Full story 2. California surgeon gets prison time for role in $580M billing fraud scheme Full story 3. Partners rebrands to Mass General…