HeyJaredChris 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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The Carriers Said Employers Already Get Their Data. Now They Want the Right to Withhold It. (opens the original)
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In February, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association told Congressional staff that employer health plans already receive their claims data. In its written feedback on the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355), BCBSA described an electronic “all claims file” containing billed, allowed and paid amounts, provider information, service codes and dates of service. It added: “There are no restrictions on the use of the information for plan-related purposes.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-im
Enough With the Working Groups. New Jersey Already Knows How to Fix Its Health Plans. (opens the original)
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New Jersey has announced another working group to figure out what is wrong with the State Health Benefits Program.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="397.5824175824176" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m-0h!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pro
The Carrier Said It Wasn’t a Fiduciary. The Court Said Otherwise. (opens the original)
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Aramark Services, Inc., et al. v. Independence Insurance Company d/b/a Independence Administrators, et al., No. 26-1664 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 13, 2026) (Pappert, J.)A federal judge in Philadelphia just handed self-funded employers one of the strongest fiduciary rulings they have seen in years, and he did it using nothing more than the carrier’s own contract language.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts a
Tenet Sent a Cancer Hospital a $60 Million Bill. Then Threatened to Shut Off Its Operating Rooms. (opens the original)
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Karmanos Cancer Institute sued Tenet Healthcare’s Detroit Medical Center on August 5, and the complaint is worth reading just for the fact pattern.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="170.41860465116278" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nc6R!,w_1456,c_limit,f
340B and PBM Reform Hurts. Aetna Pricing Helps. CVS’s Earnings Call Tells the Story. (opens the original)
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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 was peaked, not by the headline performance, but in the explanation for where CVS sees pressure and opportunity. <div
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