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The United States is experiencing a bump in coronavirus transmission for the first time since the public health emergency ended in May, exposing the challenges of avoiding the virus when free testing is no longer widely accessible. The Biden administration stopped mailing test kits to households in June. The ones Americans stockpiled over the last year and a half are expiring. Major insurers no longer pay for over-the-counter tests once the requirement to do so ended with the emergency declarati

Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold shares of AmerisourceBergen for initial proceeds of $2.85 billion, which will be used to accelerate the drugstore giants healthcare strategy.

In a newly unsealed deposition, a former Express Scripts executive (unintentionally) reveals how hard his colleagues were undermining his ‘mission’ to cut drug prices.

Cordani is proud of Cigna's efforts to spur innovation, including the insurer's partnership with physicians and nearly 500 accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes. The insurer also is pursuing a $54 billion acquisition of pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. He said the combined entity will be able to deliver on the promise of better care coordination and lower costs.

OPK earnings call for the period ending June 30, 2023.

A messy contract dispute has left 11,000 Virginians with Medicare plans through Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield out of network for Bon Secours.

The CMS cut of $957 million to a fund destined to help pay hospitals that treat poor and uninsured patients is more than eight times larger than one proposed in April, Stat says. Also in the news: Cigna reports a net income fall, people want weight-loss drugs despite the costs, and more.

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Operator: Good day, and welcome to the OPKO Health Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.