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Medicaid Waiver Adds More Beds For Drug Addiction Treatment

May 9, 2017 - To circumvent an obscure Medicaid requirement, seven more states applied to join California, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York to receive a Medicaid waiver to expand drug addiction treatment. Current federal policy prohibits the use of government funds to cover over 16 beds in an addiction treatment facility. Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Utah and Virginia,...

Medicaid Waiver Adds More Beds For Drug Addiction Treatment

May 09, 2017 by Jesse Migneault

To circumvent an obscure Medicaid requirement, seven more states applied to join California, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York to receive a Medicaid waiver to expand drug addiction treatment. Current federal policy prohibits the...

House Passes AHCA To Repeal and Replace ACA By 1 Vote Margin

May 04, 2017 by Jesse Migneault

The House has successfully passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to repeal-and-replace the ACA. This was the House GOP’s second attempt to pass the bill, after the first vote was abruptly cancelled by Speaker Paul Ryan in...

Anthem Appeals Cigna Merger with Cost, Quality Arguments

March 28, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

Anthem has opened an appeal in the U.S District Court citing opportunities for increased consumer savings and quality of care weeks after the DOJ blocked its planned merger with Cigna. Anthem argued that the DoJ’s ruling neglected a possible...

Market Monopoly Cause of Court Blocking Cigna-Anthem Merger

February 24, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

The full opinion of United States District Court for the District of Columbia blocking Anthem’s acquisition of Cigna became publicly available earlier this week and provides details into the court’s decision. In the memorandum opinion,...

After Terminated Merger, Cigna Demands $13B from Anthem

February 17, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

UPDATE: Anthem has secured a restraining order against Cigna preventing the final dissolusion of the merger. The temporary order will be reviewed during a Delaware Chancery Court hearing on April 10. After a court ruling ended the...

Aetna, Humana Terminate Merger Deal After Court Defeat

February 14, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

Aetna and Humana have scrapped their merger plans after the Department of Justice blocked the deal due to antitrust concerns. Aetna will pay Humana a $1 billion termination fee, included as part of the original agreement. The DOJ lawsuit,...

Medicaid Waiver Adds More Beds For Drug Addiction Treatment

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Medicaid Waiver Adds More Beds For Drug Addiction Treatment

House Passes AHCA To Repeal and Replace ACA By 1 Vote Margin

Anthem Appeals Cigna Merger with Cost, Quality Arguments

Market Monopoly Cause of Court Blocking Cigna-Anthem Merger

After Terminated Merger, Cigna Demands $13B from Anthem

Aetna, Humana Terminate Merger Deal After Court Defeat

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