Friday Five: Top 5 healthcare business news items from the MCOL Weekend edition

Every business day, MCOL posts feature stories making news on the business of health care. Here are five we think are particularly important for this week:

Pharma Sells States On ‘Netflix Model’ To Wipe Out Hep C. But At What Price?

When a long, black bus bearing the logo of drugmaker AbbVie rolls through Washington state next year, it will promote a new effort to eradicate hepatitis C infections.

Kaiser Health News

Friday, October 25, 2019

Feds owe health insurers $1.6 billion in unpaid subsidies, judge rules

A federal judge this week ordered the federal government to pay about 100 health insurance plans a total $1.6 billion in unpaid subsidies.

Modern Healthcare

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Health system margins rebounded last year but trail 2015 levels

Major U.S. health systems rebounded on their operating margins last year by an average of 13%, but they still average at 30% below 2015 levels, according to a Navigant analysis released Wednesday.

Healthcare Dive

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Premiums for popular Obamacare plans to drop 4 percent

Premiums for key plans sold on HealthCare.gov will drop by 4 percent on average next year, with several states seeing double-digit declines, the Trump administration said this morning.

Politico

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

UPS flies further into healthcare with CVS, AmerisourceBergen, provider partnerships

UPS Flight Forward, the logistics provider's drone subsidiary, has sealed partnerships with CVS Pharmacy, AmerisourceBergen, Kaiser Permanente and the University of Utah Health System to deliver healthcare supplies via drone.

Healthcare Dive

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

These and more weekly news items on the business of healthcare are featured in the MCOL Weekend edition, along with the MCOL Tidbits, and more, for MCOL Premium level members.