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Nona Tepper

Reporter/Chicago

Insurance

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Nona Tepper covers health insurance for Modern Healthcare in Chicago. She previously worked at Built In, Growing Community Media and Crain's Chicago Business. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, VICE and elsewhere. In 2018, the Illinois Press Association awarded her second- and third-place in her division for innovative use of FOIA in her reporting. Nona earned her bachelor's degree in journalism in 2012 from Indiana University, and her master's in journalism in 2017 from Northwestern University. 

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CVS to close $8B Signify Health acquisition this week

CVS Health plans to operate Signify Health as a "payer-agnostic" home health provider and offer its services to other insurance companies.

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Bright Health's financial troubles spread to Tennessee

Bright Health Group's shaky finances have attracted negative attention from regulators in numerous states, including Florida and Tennessee.

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Bright Health's Florida crisis portends more trouble

For the past six months, Bright Health has needed an okay from Florida regulators for transactions exceeding $10,000. More states are eying its shaky finances.

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Bright Health must raise $300M to stay afloat, execs say

The insurtech Bright Health has just weeks to raise about $300 million after overdrawing a credit line, CEO Mike Mikan told investors.

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A tough year for insurtechs raises questions about the future

Oscar Health, Clover Health and Bright Health Group are ending the year in worse financial condition than they began.

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Bright Health weighs reverse stock split as delisting looms

Bright Health is considering all available options for raising its share prices after the New York Stock Exchange notified the insurtech it was in danger of being delisted.

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CMS proposes streamlining, automating prior authorizations

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to simply the process of getting medical care preapproved by health insurance companies.

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How much is a MyChart message worth? It's complicated

Doctors say they need to be paid for their time spent sending patient messages through portals such as Epic Systems' MyChart. But payers and patient advocates worry about the impact such charges would have on access and overall costs.

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Feds, states appeal UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare merger

The Justice Department sued to block the deal in February, alleging it would violate antitrust law by giving UnitedHealth Group's insurance arm access to intelligence about how rival insurers structure their provider networks.

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More Blues agree to pay for prescription digital therapies

At least 17 Blues plans now offer at least one prescription digital therapeutic from vendors such as Akili Interactive, Pear Therapeutics and Big Health as a standard benefit for some members.

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Why Clover Health pays patients to visit providers who use its software

Providers have been slow to adopt the Clover Assistant tool,  so the insurtech hopes to boost the product by providing its Medicare Advantage members a $150 incentive to seek out those who do.

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Bright Health Group shrinks Medicare Advantage business

Bright Health Group will end its Medicare Advantage operations in Florida as it continues its pursuit of profitability next year. 

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Oscar Health effectively ends Medicare Advantage business

Oscar Health suffered a $193.5 million net loss during the third quarter, the health insurance company disclosed to investors Tuesday.

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Amazon inks pharmacy deal with Blue Cross plan

Florida Blue is the eighth Blue Cross and Blue Shield company to contract with Amazon Pharmacy to deliver prescription drugs to patients at home.

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Feds request more information on CVS' $8B Signify Health deal

The request extends by 30 days the time the companies must wait to consummate the deal.

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