Insurance

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth’s surprising new target: Struggling Steward’s physician group

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage insurers pressure Biden administration for bigger payments

Business Brittany Trang and Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth appears to be upping loan offers to providers, after Change cyberattack

Insurance Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Medicare couldn’t cover Wegovy for weight loss. But now that it’s also a heart drug, the door is open

Exclusive Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth is on a buying spree of outpatient surgery centers

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth gives timeline for Change restoration: payments up by late next week

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Large insurers say up to one-quarter of claims run through Change Healthcare

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Medicare is a tricky market for telehealth companies. Why is Talkspace betting on it?

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Explaining Change Healthcare and the gravity of its cyberattack

Exclusive Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: Change Healthcare cyberattack outage could persist for weeks, UnitedHealth Group executive suggests

Insurance Brittany Trang, Tara Bannow, and Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Experts say scale of Change cyberattack shows risk of centralized claims processing

First Opinion Mariela Torres Cintrón

How Medicare leaves Puerto Ricans behind

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Obamacare plans don’t have to cover weight loss drugs. The government is considering changing that

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Banning surprise medical bills is raising costs elsewhere

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage enrollment races past 33 million

Insurance Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: Louisiana, Oregon deals show health insurer acquisitions aren’t a sure thing anymore

Business Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: Private equity investment in Medicare Advantage drops

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

No one’s pleased with the government’s pitch for 2025 Medicare Advantage rates

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Lasers, cardiology, clinical trials: 2023’s top private equity targets

Politics Bob Herman and Casey Ross

STAT Plus: Senate Democrats push for stronger rules around AI in Medicare Advantage

Business Casey Ross and Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Government warns Medicare Advantage insurers not to deny care based on AI

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Cano Health’s downfall offers a warning for Medicare Advantage

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: New Medicare Advantage rule is boon for providers, drag on insurers

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Devoted Health’s losses in Medicare Advantage persist

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage insurers face slight proposed cut to 2025 payments

Insurance Bob Herman

Cigna to sell Medicare Advantage plans to Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer for $3.3 billion

First Opinion Irene Papanicolas

Which country has the best health care? That’s the wrong question

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Democrats urge government to rein in Medicare Advantage overpayments and denials

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Humana projects a tough road for Medicare Advantage, sinking its stock