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Insurers Gobble Doctor Practices To Bolster Medicare Advantage Plans

Forbes- Bruce Japsen - MAR 12, 2018 @ 08:00 AM News that Centene is buying a large medical group is the latest sign that health insurers are engaged in a…

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What merger mania means for health care

CNN Money- by Paul R. La Monica- March 8, 2018: 12:32 PM ET Get ready for another wave of massive health care deals -- and maybe this time the government will approve…

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Google sister-company Verily is plotting a move into a fast-growing corner of the health insurance industry

CNBC -Christina Farr | @chrissyfarr -Updated 11:27 AM ET Tue, 27 Feb 2018 Verily's new hires and partnerships point to a move into health insurance. The company is looking to…

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California’s two health insurance regulators to investigate Aetna coverage decisions

LA TIMES - By BARBARA FEDER OSTROV- FEB 12, 2018 | 7:50 PM Both of California's health insurance regulators said they will investigate how Aetna Inc. makes coverage decisions, as the lawsuit…

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When your insurer denies a valid claim because of ‘lack of medical necessity’

Los Angeles Times- By DAVID LAZARUS -JAN 23, 2018 | 3:00 AM We learned last week that roughly 3.2 million more Americans were uninsured in 2017 — hard data attesting to…

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This Company’s AI-Fueled Tech Is About to Bring Digital Health Care to Millions

FORTUNE- By SY MUKHERJEE 7:00 AM EST - JANUARY 17,2018 Digital health firm HealthTap and Bupa, a health care provider that offers both insurance and medical services to millions around the…

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CVS-Aetna deserves chance to disrupt health-care system

THE HILL : BY DR. ROGER KLEIN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/10/18 07:00 PM EST -THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL On…

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Tax on medical devices to resume after 2-year suspension

CNBC via AP- JANUARY 1ST, 2018 While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought…

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How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care

Harvard Business Review: David Blumenthal- December 19, 2017 The new Republican tax bill, which the House passed this afternoon and the Senate is expected to approve tonight, is complex, but what…

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UnitedHealth Buys Large Doctors Group as Lines Blur in Health Care

NY Times - By REED ABELSON DEC. 6, 2017 In another example of the blurring boundaries in the health care industry, UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest insurers, said on…

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