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Generic Competition Hits Pfizer’s Q2 Sales

Financial Performance

Generic Competition Hits Pfizer’s Q2 Sales

The drug maker cites headwinds from losses of market exclusivity for the 14% drop in Essential Health revenues.

By Matthew Heller | August 2, 2017

Steward Health Adds IASIS Hospitals to Network

Steward Health Adds IASIS Hospitals to Network

The merger would make Steward the largest private for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. with 36 facilities across 10 states.

By Matthew Heller | May 19, 2017

TrumpCare Could Cause Cost Shift To Employers, Experts Warn

Risk & Compliance

TrumpCare Could Cause Cost Shift To Employers, Experts Warn

Millions of newly uninsured could cause a spike in costs for health-care providers, who likely would pass the costs on to private payers.

By David McCann | March 17, 2017

How to Rein In the Soaring Costs of Specialty Drugs

Risk & Compliance

How to Rein In the Soaring Costs of Specialty Drugs

The 420-employer National Business Group on Health recommends public-policy changes relating to the proliferating category of specialty drugs.

By David McCann | January 30, 2017

2017 Promises to Be a Wild Year for Health Care

Risk & Compliance

2017 Promises to Be a Wild Year for Health Care

The fate of Obamacare is far from the only important thing to watch in the health-care arena this year.

By Brian Marcotte and National Business Group on Health | January 6, 2017

Rite Aid Misses Estimates, Comp Sales Drop

Rite Aid Misses Estimates, Comp Sales Drop

Prescription reimbursement rates "remain our largest challenge and we expect that to continue for the remainder of the fiscal year," the company says.

By Matthew Heller | December 24, 2016

Supremes’ ACA Ruling Could Jack Up Health Costs

Supremes’ ACA Ruling Could Jack Up Health Costs

If the Supreme Court strikes down the law's employer mandate in 34 states, insurers would be forced to raise prices significantly.

By David McCann | March 5, 2015

Small Firms at Risk of Health-Plan Cancellations, Too

Small Firms at Risk of Health-Plan Cancellations, Too

Companies with 50 to 99 workers don't necessarily have reason to hope insurers will let them keep their noncompliant plans, despite Obama announcement.

By David McCann | November 15, 2013

Obamacare Delay Poses Legal Risk to Employers

Obamacare Delay Poses Legal Risk to Employers

Low-paid workers who now will be eligible for generous federal subsidies to buy health insurance next year may have grounds to sue their employers in 2015.

By David McCann | July 9, 2013

Health Reform: The November Issue

Health Reform: The November Issue

If Mitt Romney is elected President, all bets are off for the Affordable Care Act.

By David McCann | October 8, 2012

“Private Exchanges” Could Trigger Health-Benefits Revolution

Human Capital & Careers

“Private Exchanges” Could Trigger Health-Benefits Revolution

To what extent Corporate America will embrace this emerging method of delivering employee health care is not yet clear — but a vast transformation appears quite possible.

By David McCann | October 8, 2012

Stunned CFOs Now Must Focus on Complying with Health-Care Act

Stunned CFOs Now Must Focus on Complying with Health-Care Act

The Supreme Court opinion was not the one most of them wanted. But now finance chiefs need to work on compliance and make some tough decisions.

By David McCann | June 28, 2012

Hospital CFOs Dig In for a Tough Fight

Hospital CFOs Dig In for a Tough Fight

Whatever the Supreme Court rules on health-care reform, related finance challenges for hospitals are just beginning.

By David McCann | April 19, 2012

Acts of Privacy

Human Capital & Careers

Acts of Privacy

Three new bills affect employee consent.

By George Donnelly | August 1, 1999

Health Benefits: Protect the Spillover Effect

Human Capital & Careers

Health Benefits: Protect the Spillover Effect

Why health care innovation cures communities -- and why it must be protected.

By CFO Staff | November 1, 1998