TGIF

The FEHBlog is out of town this weekend. He did check the Supreme Court’s order list this afternoon and nothing came out on the U.S. v Texas cases (Nos. 19-840 and 19-841). Next update will be 9:30 am on Monday when all of the orders from today’s conference are posted. We are waiting to learn whether or not the Supreme Court has decided to review the cases at this interim stage.

In other news —

  • PhRMA issued its own list of low value care that doctors should not prescribe / order and health plans should not cover. It’s worth a look.
  • The Employee Benefits Research Institute issued a one page graphic report on 15 years of health savings accountholder behavior.
  • Kaiser Health News posted another level headed story on the COVID-19 virus titled — “Growing Concerns Of Coronavirus Should Spur Plans – Not Panic – In The Workplace.”