Peter Frost

Obamacare Sunshine Act sheds light on $3.5B paid to doctors

June 17, 2018 at 12:13 p.m.

U.S. doctors and teaching hospitals received nearly $3.5 billion from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers over the last five months of 2013, according to a partial set of data...

Medical industry paid billions to doctors, hospitals last year, data show

June 17, 2018 at 12:08 p.m.

U.S. doctors and teaching hospitals received nearly $3.5 billion worth of payments and other financial ties from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers over the last five months of 2013,...

Feds to publicize drug company payments to doctors

June 18, 2018 at 12:58 p.m.

For decades, Big Pharma and medical technology firms have made gifts and other payments to physicians as part of developing, testing and marketing their products, an expense long recognized as...

The parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois will bolster the number of insurance agents selling its products by about 20 percent through a pact with Bloomington-based State Farm.

State Farm to sell Blue Cross health policies in Illinois

June 18, 2018 at 1:25 p.m.

The state's largest health insurance company is adding the firepower of the nation's largest home and auto insurer to sell health care policies this fall, both companies said Tuesday. Health...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield, State Farm team up to sell health policies

June 17, 2018 at 1:22 p.m.

The state's largest health insurance company is adding the firepower of the nation's largest home and auto insurer to sell health care policies this fall, both companies said Tuesday. Health...

U.S. Treasury moves against corporate inversion deals

June 17, 2018 at 1:13 p.m.

The Obama administration on Monday issued a string of new rules that seek to crack down on U.S. companies that seek to cut their tax bills by moving their addresses...

Land of Lincoln Health to shuffle leadership

June 17, 2018 at 1:29 p.m.

Land of Lincoln Health, the startup insurer funded in part by a $160 million federal loan, is shuffling its leadership team ahead of the start of open enrollment in the...

Horizon Pharma defies lawmakers, moves to Ireland

June 17, 2018 at 1:18 p.m.

Despite growing criticism from lawmakers in Washington, a Deerfield drugmaker on Friday officially planted its corporate flag in Ireland, a move designed in part to lower its tax bill. Horizon...

State’s peers offer lessons in building Obamacare exchange

June 17, 2018 at 2:07 p.m.

There are benefits to going second. If Illinois opts to build its own health insurance exchange, it will be able to draw on the experiences of several other states, which...

It's unlikely that Illinois, with its deep budget woes, would be able to afford to build its own Obamacare marketplace without federal help.

Clock ticking for Illinois to form state-run Obamacare exchange

June 18, 2018 at 1:31 p.m.

Unless Illinois acts quickly, it will leave hundreds of millions of federal dollars on the table that would go toward building its own health insurance marketplace, potentially upping the cost...

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