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October 13 2026
With GLP-1 costs are rising, a new study could help employers target coverage
Employee Benefit News
As employers grapple with the high cost of GLP-1 drugs, a new study offers a potential path toward more targeted coverage decisions by identifying which patients are most likely to benefit from treatment before they start therapy.
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October 13 2026
How Private Equity is Changing Healthcare
The Epoch Times
Have you been to a hospital lately? Odds are about 1 in 10 that it was owned by people trying to double their money in 7 years.
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October 2 2026
MA plans are not as robust as insurers and CMS project
Healthcare Finance News
The projection is not reality,” says CEO Rob Andrews, a former U.S. representative who served in Congress when MA was passed.
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September 28 2026
More Hospitals Are Being Bought by Private Equity. Here’s How It’s Changing Healthcare
The Epoch Times
Private equity firms apply the playbook of leverage buyouts, staff reduction, and asset sales to double their investment in as little as seven years.
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September 8 2026
With GLP-1s raising costs, employers are finding new ways to reduce spending
Employee Benefit News
What’s at Stake: Self-insured employers facing unsustainable long-term expenses for multiyear specialty drug treatments.
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July 14 2026
Medicaid Fraud Crackdown Intensifies, But Is It Solving the Right Problem?
The American Journal of Managed Care
CMS’s enforcement surge has put every Medicaid Fraud Control Unit under review, but experts say the bigger driver of coverage loss may be red tape.
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June 29 2026
Bypassing insurers
Healthcare Brew Newsletter
In recent years, escalating hospital-insurer disputes have left many patients, providers, and employers feeling powerless.
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June 25 2026
How cutting deals with employers saves health systems money
Healthcare Brew
Frustrated by increasing insurer friction, health systems are cutting out the middlemen.
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