Covera Health, Medmo combine to create end-to-end diagnostic imaging platform
The coordinated diagnostic imaging platform will reach nearly six million patients across all 50 states.
Read full article →Drug Coverage
Latest Drug Coverage news from across the web.
ECRI spins out healthcare supply chain division into Staritas, backed by PE firm Accel-KKR
ECRI, a nonprofit healthcare quality and safety organization, spun out its spend management and recall management solutions an independent company backed by a strategic growth investment from Accel-KKR.
Read full article →'Hospitals adverse to transparency'—clashing industry groups spar on mulligan 340B rebate pilot
The administration's second stab at a rebate program for statutory drug discounts drew familiar arguments and new alarm bells over a potential expansion from last year's aborted iteration of the pharma-friendly pilot program.
Read full article →UnitedHealthcare to eliminate most prior authorizations for rural providers
UnitedHealthcare is building on its work to support rural hospitals, and will now exempt these facilities from most prior authorizations.
Read full article →CVS, Mass General Brigham primary care deal would increase annual care spending by $40M, report predicts
A "conservative" preliminary estimate from a Massachusetts watchdog agency acknowledged likely access gains from a pending MinuteClinic affiliation deal, but said the major health system's higher prices would substantially boost commercial healthcare spending.
Read full article →Chutes & Ladders—Blue Shield of California names chief pharmacy officer; ChristianaCare CEO to retire
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.
Read full article →Physician burnout falls for third year in 2025 to 42%, AMA data shows
Specialties reporting the highest levels of burnout include emergency medicine, urological surgery and radiology while the lowest rates of burnout were reported among infectious diseases, nephrology and dermatology.
Read full article →A look inside Highmark and Spring Health's mental well-being partnership
Just over two years ago, Highmark joined forces with Spring Health to launch a new mental well-being platform that made it far easier for members to access critical services. Now, the partners are offering a look at how that program has worked for members.
Read full article →Amazon One Medical launches GLP-1 program integrated with primary care
Patients can take advantage of the GLP-1 management program through their One Medical primary care clinician. Medications are available for quick delivery to all 50 states, with nearly 3,000 cities having same-day delivery available.
Read full article →RFK Jr. continues congressional hearing appearances to talk White House budget plan
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went in front of the Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions, his latest in a string of congressional hearings.
Read full article →Elevance Health seeing shift to bronze tier in ACA plans
Elevance Health is raising its guidance for 2026 even as its Q1 profits declined year-over-year.
Read full article →Community Health Systems attributes Q1 volumes stumble to consumers' macroeconomic fears, payers' prior auth denials
Same-store admissions and adjusted admissions respectively declined 1.3% and 0.5% year over year. Executives pointed to cross-market dropoffs among patients with high-deductible and managed care plans.
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