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John Marchica

Episode 14: Our Take June - Part 2

Jul 28, 2018

John shares our take on the second half of June, including the decision of a federal appeals court regarding risk corridor payments, and the announcement of the new CEO for the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health care venture.

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John shares our take on the second half of June, including the decision of a federal appeals court regarding risk corridor payments, and the announcement of the new CEO for the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health care venture.

  • A federal appeals court Thursday ruled that the Health and Human Services Department is not obligated to pay insurers the more than $12 billion in risk corridor payments that have accrued to date. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a previous decision in a suit brought by Moda Health, in which the company argued that it was owed risk corridor payments as stipulated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
  • Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase appointed Dr. Atul Gawande as chief executive officer of their newly formed health care company. In a press release, the companies announced that the new company will be headquartered in Boston and will “operate as an independent entity that is free from profit-making incentives and constraints.”

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