Tag: Aetna Inc.
OHIC approves 2021 health insurance rates; AG Neronha slams rate increases
CRANSTON – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released its approved health insurance premium rates for 2021 Friday, saying it has saved...
Partnerships, high-profile merger plan lead the way in health care
2018 began with health risks, routine and unforeseen, and proposed partnerships, and ended with uncertainty over the fate of the $78 billion merger of...
CVS expects Aetna acquisition to close after Thanksgiving; two state reviews...
WOONSOCKET – Lingering approvals from New York and one other state will delay the closing of CVS Health Corp.’s $68 billion acquisition of Aetna...
Overdoses, end-of-life care challenge health system
The next challenge in caring for those who experience opioid overdoses is long-term reintegration into the workforce and society, panelists said during Providence Business...
New York State considers blocking parts of CVS-Aetna merger
NEW YORK - New York state officials are considering blocking parts of the $68 billion merger of drugstore store chain CVS Health Corp. and Aetna...
HBJ: CVS promises to keep Aetna in Hartford for at least...
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. has promised to keep Aetna Inc. headquartered in Hartford, Conn., for 10 years, the Hartford Business Journal reported Thursday.
The...
U.S. hospitals shut at 30-a-year pace, with no end in sight
NEW YORK - Industry merger and acquisition may be no savior as the pace of hospital closures, particularly in hard-to-reach rural areas, seems poised to...
AMA opposes CVS-Aetna merger
PROVIDENCE – The American Medical Association has concluded the merger between CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. would be detrimental to the health care...
Summit: More questions than answers on health care cost savings
While the Affordable Care Act still requires people to buy health insurance, the Republican tax bill signed into law late last year zeroed out...
Amazon already reshaping health care
Without having done much yet, Amazon.com Inc. is already transforming U.S. health care – and not necessarily for the better.
The mere threat of the...