More states are lifting restrictions to allow physician assistants to work more “collaboratively” with physicians as legislatures wrap up their sessions for this spring.
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Humana’s Medicare Advantage membership rose 6% to more than 3 million seniors in the company’s first quarter.
CVS Health chief executive Larry Merlo Wednesday said the company’s Aetna merger is “making good progress” with state regulators.
Aetna, which is working its way through a sale to CVS Health, said it added 250,000 new customers to its Medicare Advantage plans in the first quarter.