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CVS enters into 4 new states for ACA exchange plans

Health Care Dive

The insurer has been bullish on expanding its ACA footprint since 2021, when its payer business Aetna said it would return to the exchanges after exiting them in 2017.

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Home Health Stakeholders Voice Their Concerns To CMS Over Medicare Advantage Program

Home Health Care

Home health stakeholders – and many others – recently had the opportunity to weigh in on the way Medicare Advantage (MA) is currently administered by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and Moving Health Home are among the two groups that answered CMS’ request for information.

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Total work comp drug spend for 2020 was about $3 billion. “The share of high-SES friends among individuals with low SES… is among the strongest predictors of upward income mobility identified to date” Prescription video games. “The health care industry annually dumps approximately 550 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents into the atmosphere.” “ Sharia [law] increased vaccination rates , duration of breastfeeding and prenatal health care”.

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