CVS Health may be looking to split its retail and insurance branches following pressure from investors to improve performance. The company is also facing a hefty bill from an audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) that found it owes millions in overpayments.
CVS's profit margins at...
Providers, payers and the government have yet to reach a consensus on how telehealth services will be compensated following the COVID-19 pandemic and the waivers that the public health emergency allowed.
During the pandemic, Congress required that insurance companies pay equally for virtual visits as it would for in-person care for...
Second quarter, 2023 year-over-year financials were anything but grim for America's top for-profit insurers. Thanks to UnitedHealthcare and Optum, brand giant UnitedHealth Group reported quarterly revenues of $92 billion up 16%. And, as it faces increased MA costs, CVS Health posted revenues of $88.9 billion in the second quarter up...
Insurers buy pharmacy providers, hospitals may be the next target.
The continued market consolidation and efforts to create an “all-in-one” approach to healthcare insurance customers may lead to carriers acquiring large hospital networks, particularly if the CVS-Aetna transaction proves to be successful and profitable, one analyst...
