Rebecca Pifer from MedTech Dive, Healthcare Dive, Retail Dive - Journalist Profile

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1	Rebecca Pifer MedTech Dive	How the healthcare industry is reacting to a second Trump term - 6 days ago Cigna confirms it is not pursuing Humana acquisition - 6 days ago MedPAC backs tying physician pay to inflation, but ducks specifics - 9 days ago How the healthcare industry is reacting to a second Trump term - 10 days ago CVS appoints new Aetna head following mixed third-quarter results - 11 days ago MACPAC calls for greater transparency amid steep rise in Medicaid directed payments - 12 days ago Physicians, hospitals decry 2025 Medicare payment rates - 13 days ago Medicare saves record $2.1B from largest accountable care program - 17 days ago Cigna CEO tamps down on Humana deal speculation - 17 days ago Humana boosts 2024 earnings guidance thanks to Medicare Advantage member retention - 18 days ago Rising healthcare costs could trickle down to workers: employer survey - 18 days ago AMA sues MultiPlan, insurers alleging ‘cartel’ to fix physician prices - 23 days ago State Medicaid directors concerned about program’s stability: KFF - 24 days ago Molina ‘beating the odds’ in Medicaid - 24 days ago Insurer lobby blames government policies for 2025 Medicare Advantage market makeup - 25 days ago UnitedHealth sues CMS over Medicare Advantage star ratings - about 1 month ago Humana’s Medicare Advantage dilemma worsens amid precipitous drop in 2025 star ratings - about 2 months ago Blue Shield of California sidesteps PBMs with new Humira biosimilar deal - about 2 months ago Medicare Advantage bonuses poised to drop this year for first time since 2015, KFF says - 2 months ago PBM executives decline to revise controversial testimony to House committee - 2 months ago Major PBMs could be zeroing in on specific payer markets for dominance, study suggests - 2 months ago Iowa awards Centene Medicaid managed care contract - 2 months ago Biden administration finalizes rule raising mental health coverage standards for private plans - 2 months ago Elevance expands ACA plans in Florida, Texas, Maryland - 2 months ago Mississippi awards Medicaid contracts to Centene, Molina, TrueCare - 2 months ago Molina puts CFO in charge of Medicaid, ACA marketplace businesses - 2 months ago Walgreens sued by shareholder amid plummeting stock price - 2 months ago Drug distributors agree to $300M settlement for role in opioid epidemic - 2 months ago Steward to close two Ohio hospitals, Pennsylvania facility at risk - 3 months ago CMS has received 12K complaints of No Surprises noncompliance; won $1.7M in restitution - 3 months ago Large employers forecast 7.8% hike in health costs next year, thanks to rising pharmacy spend - 3 months ago Judge strikes down FTC noncompete ban nationwide - 3 months ago Humana pays $90M to settle whistleblower allegations of Medicare Part D fraud - 3 months ago Massachusetts makes deal to force Steward hospital sales - 3 months ago Court strikes down HHS change to low-income payment formula in win for Texas hospitals - 3 months ago Medicaid overtakes Medicare Advantage as health insurers’ bogeyman in Q2 - 3 months ago Texas sues Biden administration over nursing home staffing mandate - 3 months ago Elevance, Clayton Dubilier and Rice unveil primary care venture Mosaic Health - 3 months ago Medicare finalizes higher 2.9% inpatient payment rate for 2025 - 4 months ago Cigna CEO promises ‘aggressive’ defense of pharmacy benefit managers - 4 months ago Disadvantaged areas less likely to have high-quality Medicare Advantage plans, study finds - 4 months ago Humana expects to lose ‘few hundred thousand’ Medicare Advantage members next year - 4 months ago PBMs battle bipartisan scrutiny as lawmakers eye industry reform - 4 months ago Elevance hits $2.3B in profit but trims long-term guidance - 4 months ago UnitedHealth’s cyberattack response costs to surpass $2.3B this year - 4 months ago CMS’ first No Surprises audit targets Aetna, finds some noncompliance - 4 months ago CMS proposes 2.9% cut to physician pay for 2025 - 4 months ago Federal Trade Commission to sue three largest PBMs: WSJ - 4 months ago Judge pauses CMS rule capping compensation for Medicare Advantage brokers - 4 months ago SCOTUS strikes down Chevron doctrine, curbing federal agency power - 5 months ago
2	Ryan Golden Healthcare Dive	Judge strikes down FTC noncompete ban nationwide - 3 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 - 4 months ago