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Dec 21, 2024

New CR bill axes broad healthcare package with PBM reform, shortens telehealth extension


CMS sunsets Medicare Advantage value-based model, citing billions in costs


Top health tech companies by VC funding: A look at 2024 and the past decade


2025 outlook: What's next for Medicare Advantage


2025 outlook: Alternative PBMs look to heap pressure on industry titans - Heather Landi

 

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New CR bill axes broad healthcare package with PBM reform, shortens telehealth extension

President-elect Trump pressured Republicans to extend the debt ceiling in an end-of-year deal and cut back on other pricey Christmas tree additions. The healthcare deal that was reached over the weekend is now dead.
 

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CMS sunsets Medicare Advantage value-based model, citing billions in costs

The Value-Based Insurance Design model for Medicare Advantage plans will be terminated at the end of next year.

Top health tech companies by VC funding: A look at 2024 and the past decade

Fierce Healthcare collaborated with SignalFire, an early-stage venture capital firm, to compile a data-backed list of the fastest-growing health tech startups, based on 2024 funding, as well as the companies that have pocketed the most total funding in the past decade.

2025 outlook: What's next for Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage has steadily grown over the past decade, and now encompasses more than half of all seniors eligible for Medicare. However, over the past year, the industry has faced significant headwinds that have stymied some of their expansion plans.

2025 outlook: Alternative PBMs look to heap pressure on industry titans

PBM reform was a hot topic in 2024. That is unlikely to change next year, but it's unclear exactly how the industry will change.

Nominations open for Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2025

Nominations are now open for Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2025. Think you've got what it takes to make the list? Submit your company.

2025 Outlook: What's driving health equity work amid Trump 2.0 uncertainty?

Fierce Healthcare talked to more than two dozen stakeholders, including health systems, academics, health tech vendors, investors, consultants and trade groups, to understand what they expect of health equity in the next 12 months.

2025 outlook: What's next for AI scribes and virtual care

Fierce Healthcare interviewed nine executives on what the AI scribe and telehealth markets will look like in 2025. Executives expect AI companies to consolidate and for virtual care to latch onto the momentum of the technology to transform care.

PBM lobby punches back at provisions within end-of-year package

With a deal closer than ever, the PBM industry is hoping to sow doubt over provisions in an end-of-year healthcare package.

2025 outlook: Employers face yet another year of healthcare cost increases

Employers are bracing for healthcare costs to spike yet again in 2025, and that's likely to push these firms to pursue significant changes, experts said.
 
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