January 28, 2026
Nona Tepper
The hill Medicare Advantage insurers have been climbing to regain peak profitability just turned into a mountain.
Leading carriers such as UnitedHealth Group subsidiary UnitedHealthcare and Humana got a shock Monday when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed virtually flat Medicare Advantage payments next year — not the bigger raise Wall Street expected — along with limits on tactics that have boosted revenue at taxpayer expense.
December 30, 2025
Joyce Famakinwa
Lauren Dubinsky
The Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday temporarily extended a rule allowing clinicians to prescribe controlled medications remotely through the end of 2026.
The rule, which will take effect Thursday, gives clinicians the ability to remotely prescribe Schedule II-V controlled medications to patients. This latest extension marks the fourth time the rule has been renewed since it was implemented at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
