Cancer Clinics Face Cash Crunch After Hack Rocks US Health Care March 13, 2024 By John Tozzi, Riley Griffin and Ike Swetlitz Doctors across the US are stretching to keep their practices afloat as a debilitating cyberattack on a once little-known company...
UnitedHealth Faces Antitrust Probe by US Justice Department February 29, 2024 By John Tozzi, Chris Strohm and Leah Nylen The US Department of Justice has initiated an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group Inc., people familiar with the matter said...
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Is Still Disrupting Pharmacies, Other Providers February 28, 2024 By Sana Pashankar and John Tozzi A cyberattack that has disrupted Change Healthcare’s computer networks for nearly a week is creating a growing administrative problem for...
UnitedHealth Blamed ‘Nation-State’ Threat in Hack That Disrupted Pharmacy Orders February 23, 2024 By Jordan Robertson, John Tozzi and Sana Pashankar A cyberattack against a division of UnitedHealth Group Inc. has caused a nationwide outage of a computer network that’s used...
Johnson & Johnson Worker’s Lawsuit Alleges Company Overpaid for Drugs February 8, 2024 By John Tozzi and Chris Dolmetsch Johnson & Johnson was sued by an employee who said the company’s health plan wasted workers’ money by paying inflated...
Centene Reserves Additional $1.1 Billion to Settle Pharmacy Disputes June 16, 2021 By John Tozzi Centene Corp. agreed to pay settlements to Ohio and Mississippi to resolve claims that it inflated pharmacy costs, and the...
Surprise Medical Bill Moving in Congress Could Help Insurers As Well as Patients December 16, 2019 By John Tozzi and Emma Court Congress is closing in on a deal that could shield patients from surprise medical bills, eliminating a source of frustration...
At $20K a Year, Health Insurance Costs Undermine Job-Based Health Insurance October 1, 2019 By John Tozzi The cost of family health coverage in the U.S. now tops $20,000, an annual survey of employers found, a record...
Gene Therapy Drugs That Cost Millions Have Employers and Health Plans Worried September 13, 2019 By John Tozzi Employers and health plans fear they could be swamped financially by a coming wave of expensive new genetic therapies for...
Judge Permits Short-Term Health Plans in Blow to Obamacare Supporters July 19, 2019 By Andrew Harris and John Tozzi The Trump administration can expand the sale of short-term health insurance policies that don’t meet the standards of the Affordable...