CMS has issued a “Request for Applications” describing its Next Generation (NG) ACO. The model makes progress on three issues that have generated plenty of analytical handwringing from MedPAC and th…
Several recent acquisitions suggest a rapidly growing valuation on Medicare Advantage (MA) lives. Last August, Healthspring paid about $3.6K per adjusted MA life with its acquisition of Bravo. (My …
UPDATE: United buys XL Health!
Here's what we surmised in the original post on this topic:
"That leaves United. A leadership position in C-SNPs would fit well with United’s leading position in…
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Provider discounts are a key priority for national accounts – which puts CIGNA (CI) and Aetna at a disadvantage; CI responding in part by trying to get closer to providers
A provider collabor…
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Wellpoint probably paid full value for Caremore (if that company's performance is as powerful as limited data suggests) but did not overpay.
In addition, Caremore offers several powerful ups…
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