Rebecca Pifer from Healthcare Dive, Retail Dive - Journalist Profile

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1	Rebecca Pifer Healthcare Dive Reporter @healthcaredive. New York City, United States insurancedigital health	UnitedHealth sues CMS over Medicare Advantage star ratings - 7 days ago Humana’s Medicare Advantage dilemma worsens amid precipitous drop in 2025 star ratings - 8 days ago Blue Shield of California sidesteps PBMs with new Humira biosimilar deal - 9 days ago Medicare Advantage bonuses poised to drop this year for first time since 2015, KFF says - 28 days ago PBM executives decline to revise controversial testimony to House committee - 29 days ago Major PBMs could be zeroing in on specific payer markets for dominance, study suggests - 30 days ago Iowa awards Centene Medicaid managed care contract - about 1 month ago Biden administration finalizes rule raising mental health coverage standards for private plans - about 1 month ago Elevance expands ACA plans in Florida, Texas, Maryland - about 1 month ago Mississippi awards Medicaid contracts to Centene, Molina, TrueCare - about 1 month ago Molina puts CFO in charge of Medicaid, ACA marketplace businesses - about 1 month ago Walgreens sued by shareholder amid plummeting stock price - about 1 month ago Drug distributors agree to $300M settlement for role in opioid epidemic - about 1 month ago Steward to close two Ohio hospitals, Pennsylvania facility at risk - about 2 months ago CMS has received 12K complaints of No Surprises noncompliance; won $1.7M in restitution - about 2 months ago Large employers forecast 7.8% hike in health costs next year, thanks to rising pharmacy spend - about 2 months ago Judge strikes down FTC noncompete ban nationwide - about 2 months ago Humana pays $90M to settle whistleblower allegations of Medicare Part D fraud - about 2 months ago Massachusetts makes deal to force Steward hospital sales - about 2 months ago Court strikes down HHS change to low-income payment formula in win for Texas hospitals - about 2 months ago Medicaid overtakes Medicare Advantage as health insurers’ bogeyman in Q2 - about 2 months ago Texas sues Biden administration over nursing home staffing mandate - about 2 months ago Elevance, Clayton Dubilier and Rice unveil primary care venture Mosaic Health - about 2 months ago Medicare finalizes higher 2.9% inpatient payment rate for 2025 - 2 months ago Cigna CEO promises ‘aggressive’ defense of pharmacy benefit managers - 2 months ago Disadvantaged areas less likely to have high-quality Medicare Advantage plans, study finds - 2 months ago Humana expects to lose ‘few hundred thousand’ Medicare Advantage members next year - 2 months ago PBMs battle bipartisan scrutiny as lawmakers eye industry reform - 3 months ago Elevance hits $2.3B in profit but trims long-term guidance - 3 months ago UnitedHealth’s cyberattack response costs to surpass $2.3B this year - 3 months ago CMS’ first No Surprises audit targets Aetna, finds some noncompliance - 3 months ago CMS proposes 2.9% cut to physician pay for 2025 - 3 months ago Federal Trade Commission to sue three largest PBMs: WSJ - 3 months ago Judge pauses CMS rule capping compensation for Medicare Advantage brokers - 3 months ago SCOTUS strikes down Chevron doctrine, curbing federal agency power - 3 months ago Amazon folds telehealth marketplace into One Medical - 3 months ago Optum Rx reaches $20M settlement with Justice Department over opioid prescribing - 3 months ago Walgreens to reduce stake in VillageMD, close stores - 4 months ago Walgreens to close ‘significant’ number of US stores - 4 months ago Uninsured rate expected to hit 8.9% over next decade, CBO finds - 4 months ago Amazon expands drug subscription program to Medicare members - 4 months ago Biden administration gives providers grace period to open surprise billing arbitration - 4 months ago National health spending reached $4.8T last year, CMS actuaries estimate - 4 months ago MACPAC wants Congress to force states to disclose Medicaid financing streams - 4 months ago Elevance wins star ratings lawsuit (sort of) - 4 months ago Walgreens-backed CityMD settles with Justice Department over alleged COVID fraud - 4 months ago Express Scripts’ new partnership is an olive branch to independent pharmacies - 5 months ago House committee takes aim at healthcare consolidation, eyes site-neutral payments - 5 months ago Walgreens inks GLP-1 clinical trial deal with major German drugmaker - 5 months ago Cigna writes down VillageMD investment amid shrinking value - 5 months ago
2	Ryan Golden Healthcare Dive	Judge strikes down FTC noncompete ban nationwide - about 2 months ago
3	Susanna Vogel Healthcare Dive Currently at Healthcare Dive. Seen in various outlets. Greenpoint healthcarejournalism	PBMs battle bipartisan scrutiny as lawmakers eye industry reform - 3 months ago