Chris Deacon
Chris Deacon, JD, is a healthcare leader and self-described public sector entrepreneur. Deacon formerly ran New Jersey's public sector health plan, covering 820k lives, and is recognized for her demand of transparency and accountability.
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Tenet Sent a Cancer Hospital a $60 Million Bill. Then Threatened to Shut Off Its Operating Rooms.
Inside a lawsuit that reads less like a contract fight and more like a textbook antitrust complaint.
Karmanos Cancer Institute sued Tenet Healthcare’s Detroit Medical Center on August 5, and the complaint is worth reading just for the fact...
340B and PBM Reform Hurts. Aetna Pricing Helps. CVS’s Earnings Call Tells the Story.
CVS Health had a very good quarter.
CVS Health had a very good quarter. Revenue exceeded $106 billion, adjusted operating income reached approximately $5.2 billion, and the company raised its full-year earnings guidance. But my interest wa...
Elevance Wants What Clover Got. Here’s What That Fight Could Cost CMS’s Star Ratings Playbook.
A district court just said CMS’s practice of updating Star Ratings measures through guidance, not rulemaking, doesn’t cut it. Elevance is the first to come crying “me too.” It won’t be the last.
On May 27, 2026, a federal judge in the Sout...
Self-Funded Employers Shouldn't Count Their Savings Just Yet
The Council of Economic Advisers released a memo this month estimating that banning hospitals’ anti-steering, anti-tiering, and all-or-nothing contracts would reduce hospital and affiliated-physician prices by 18 percent in directly affecte...
Your Health Plan Has Three Customers. You're Not One of Them.
PwC's 2027 report projects 9% trend growth and recommends employer levers. Earnings calls suggest why those levers may not be enough.
Can Employers Out-Manage a System Built to Grow?
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