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Cigna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance providers, announced new priorities for its capital deployment, including steering an additional $450 million into Cigna Ventures.

The judge did not rule that Cigna was justified in refusing to pay but did agree that, under provisions of the NSA, federal courts have no right to compel payments. 

Humana

The payers in question, Humana and UnitedHealthcare, deny any wrongdoing and are not obligated to pay back any money. 

Example of a cardiology image report with graphical display of the coronaries for notation in the Fujifilm Synapse 7X CVIS system. #ACC23 #ACC

Accessing cardiology data for research or population health initiatives is still quite difficult in Europe. Could this new project help reverse that trend? 

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The panel has not met in over a year, despite usually meeting three times annually. The new makeup of the group signals an increasing focus on the prevention of heart disease and certain cancers.

A dozen plaintiffs filed a complaint this week, accusing the pharmacy benefit manager of failing to reimburse them for prescriptions at a rate that covers restocking costs.

Medicaid protesters

The numbers come from the Urban Institute, which anticipates the erosion will vary state-by-state, depending on the speed of regulatory oversight.