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CVS Health raised its earnings outlook, beat investor expectations and saw double-digit revenue growth across most lines of business in the second quarter, according to the company's earnings report published Aug. 3.

Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH), Worksheet S-10, and Bad Debt should not be viewed separately.

The national uninsured rate reached an all-time low of 8 percent in the first quarter of 2022, according to an HHS report released Aug. 2. 

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System will begin offering its first health plans in 2023 in 20 counties across the state, BoiseDev reported Aug. 2.

Elevance Health is partnering with Aledade to assist independent primary care physicians transition to value-based care. 

Incoming Jefferson Health CEO Joseph Cacchione, MD, told the Philadelphia Inquirer Aug. 1 that Medicare Advantage will be an important part of any provider-based insurance entity. 

Health Care Service Corp. is looking to expand its Medicare Advantage offerings to an additional 1.1 million Medicare-eligible individuals in 150 counties across Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. 

Centene's Medicare Advantage star ratings for 2023 "are going to be disappointing and unacceptable," according to executives during the company's second-quarter earnings call July 26.

CMS expects monthly premiums under Medicare Part D to decrease 1.8 percent in 2023.

UnitedHealth Group's Optum is working with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi to offer a 30-day supply of insulin products for $35 to uninsured diabetics.