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Episode 58: Our Take, July 1, 2019

Jul 1, 2019

Episode Summary

In this week’s episode, we focus on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments from health insurers, who claim $12.3 billion in losses after the federal government reneged on payments owed to certain payers under provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Business leaders, including the Chamber of Commerce, had urged the court to review an appellate court ruling in June 2018 that Health and Human Services is not obligated to make risk corridor payments to insurers.

Episode Notes

In this week’s episode, we focus on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments from health insurers, who claim $12.3 billion in losses after the federal government reneged on payments owed to certain payers under provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Business leaders, including the Chamber of Commerce, had urged the court to review an appellate court ruling in June 2018 that Health and Human Services is not obligated to make risk corridor payments to insurers.

Other briefs include:

  • AbbVie is set to acquire Allergan for approximately $63 billion.
  • President Trump’s executive order on health care pricing transparency.
  • Sanford Health and UnityPoint Health signed letter of intent to merge.
  • CityMD and Summit Medical Group agree to merge.
  • City of Hope will invest more than $1 billion to create a comprehensive cancer campus in Irvine, Calif.
  • North Memorial Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota create joint venture.

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