5 most-read finance stories: Week of Nov. 3-7

The following five stories were among the most-viewed on BeckersHospitalReview.com:

1. CMS releases final 2015 payment rules for Medicare: 10 things to know
CMS released the final rules regarding Medicare payments to physicians, non-physician practitioners, hospital outpatient departments, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis facilities that treat patients with end-stage renal disease.

2. Cigna’s revenues increased 9% in Q3
Health insurer Cigna posted consolidated revenues of $8.8 billion in the third quarter, a 9 percent increase over the third quarter of last year.

3. Highmark Medicare plan that excludes UPMC validated by court
A judge ruled Pittsburgh-based Highmark’s Community Blue health plan, which considers most Pittsburgh-based UPMC hospitals and physicians out-of-network, does not violate the consent decrees Highmark and UPMC signed last summer.

4.WellPoint’s operating revenue grows to $18.4B in Q3
Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint posted $630.9 million in profit in the third quarter, down from the $656.2 million WellPoint posted for the same quarter in 2013.

5. Driven by Sovaldi sales, Gilead’s profits up 246% in Q3
Foster City, Calif.-based Gilead Sciences, the maker of hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, reported its revenues increased to $6.04 billion in the third quarter of this year, up from $2.78 billion posted in the third quarter of 2013.