Noah Tong

2 weeks ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Noah Tong

Understandably, the legislation plodding through Congress is most closely associated with reductions in Medicaid spending, but there is new scrutiny on how the megabill could impact the state of the health insurance marketplace. Policy observers see the next six months as hugely pivotal, with a series of actions and provisions potentially responsible for cutting enrollment in the Affordable Care Act exchange by one-third, said KFF President and CEO Drew Altman.

2 weeks ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Noah Tong

A claim by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida that its Medicare insurance plans' star ratings scores should have received a lesser ding was rejected by a district court May 16. The judge denied the Blues plan's motion for summary judgment but granted the government’s cross motion for summary judgment to uphold the rule.

2 weeks ago | fiercebiotech.com | Noah Tong |Dave Muoio

Updated: May 19 at 11:29 a.m. ETThe Trump administration filed an emergency appeal Friday for permission to continue reducing federal agencies by thousands of workers. Close observers of lawsuits involving the federal workforce and Trump may remember a similar request to the Supreme Court, asking the nation's highest legal authority to lift an order blocking mass firings of probationary employees at six agencies.

3 weeks ago | fiercebiotech.com | Noah Tong

Staff Writer Noah Tong is a staff writer at Fierce Healthcare, primarily covering health payers. He most recently worked for the Corridor Business Journal near Iowa City, Iowa, where he spent his time covering local government meetings, economic development, the University of Iowa, medical startups and much more. Before switching to business journalism, Noah wrote extensively as a sportswriter for local newspapers and digital media companies.

3 weeks ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Noah Tong

More than 6 in 10 survey respondents say they expect their healthcare organizations to see higher revenue from value-based care arrangements this year than in 2024, according to a joint report from the National Association of Accountable ACOs and health tech company Innovaccer. The report surveyed 168 executive and clinical leaders at health systems, accountable care organizations, specialty providers, federally qualified health centers and other delivery organizations.