When I hear "value-based care" these days.

RT @isabellacueto: MAHA turned 1 over the weekend, and it's hard to believe it's only been one year since Kennedy endorsed Trump and kickst….

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RT @brittanytrang: We think of AI as something that decreases costs and increases revenue. But _for whom_ does it make more $?. AI scribe c….

RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: Optum Rx has sued five Kentucky counties in lawsuits that a local advocate worries could set a dangerous precedent….

RT @AlecMacGillis: Restaurants are now offering entirely separate "Ozempic menus" of mini-meals and drinks.

RT @JasonUkman: New: GLP-1s and cancer care are driving higher employer health care costs in 2026. Via @TaraBannow . .

NEW: Federal judge rules against Elevance in lawsuit over Medicare Advantage star ratings. The Trump-appointed judge torched Elevance's arguments, saying the company ignored basic math. Another L for MA insurers.

RT @LizzyLaw_: Don't miss STAT's analysis of health care CEO's compensation in 2024, led by @bobjherman and @jaspar. 91 health care CEOs ea….

The health care industry broadly failed its investors in 2024. That didn't stop those leading blue-chip companies from amassing generational wealth. Read and search through our latest CEO pay analysis, where there's no shortage of huge numbers.

RT @elaineywchen: Interesting that Viking Therapeutics' CEO is among the top-paid execs in the health care industry. He got a bigger pay pa….

RT @JasonUkman: Very important work here by @statnews reporters on how political oversight is gumming up the process of funding for scienti….

Medicare Advantage is costing taxpayers $550 billion this year. UnitedHealth Group and a web of business partners have built a research apparatus — replete with flawed studies and papers — to push back against critics and ward off attempts at MA reform.

RT @JonathanWosen: “It’s going to be a big deal, and there will be legal challenges to it.” Story via @MeganMolteni, @AnilOza16, @angRchen,….

It's official: DOJ is allowing UnitedHealth Group to acquire Amedisys, as long as it sells more home health and hospice assets than previously announced. UnitedHealth's care footprint will get a lot bigger. More from @TaraBannow:

RT @BenMullin: New: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down.

MAGA influencers are attacking Republicans with tweets supporting Medicare Advantage — and some of the language is almost verbatim from a dark money group called the Medicare Advantage Majority. Lawmakers are pissed. Casey Ross and @john_wilkerson dig in:

A must-read story into how the outspoken and extremely online Vinay Prasad lasted only 84 days as a top FDA official. Includes a feisty email, obtained by @LizzyLaw_, that he sent to FDA staff just days before he left.

RT @LizzyLaw_: BREAKING: Vinay Prasad is out at FDA

RT @TaraBannow: UnitedHealth CEO says some parts of business need ‘fundamental reorientation’ via @statnews.

Millions of older adults in America who are extremely destitute qualify for a public benefit called Medicare Savings Programs. Trump's tax law will make it more difficult for these people — again, the poorest of the poor — to get these subsidies.