AT&T's ambition to become a telecom-media giant faces a decisive moment with an expected ruling on whether its $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner can proceed.
Technology executives wait with bated breath for the Justice Department's influential decision on AT&T's merger with Time Warner, The New York Times reports.
Patients may think their insurers are fighting on their behalf for the best prices. But saving patients money is often not their top priority, ProPublica reports.
Major health care players like, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Kaiser Permanente, are increasingly using virtual care or telehealth for primary care appointments and follow-ups.
Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Tuesday, largely due to lower medical costs.
Anthem reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, largely due to lower medical costs, prompting the health insurer to raise its full-year profit forecast.
In keeping with what has been a familiar theme for the founder at Glenview Capital Management, Robbins picked Express Scripts-Cigna, CVS-Aetna and McKesson as his winners in the field. The Express-Cigna and CVS-Aetna mergers are in the pipeline.
Drug manufacturers are using several schemes to "hamstring biosimilar competition," and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb worries pharmacy benefit managers have been "complacent participants" in them.