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Rocky Novak is joining UnitedHealth Group as chief marketing officer, effective Oct. 29. According to an Oct. 15 statement shared…
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Mass General Brigham Health Plan is launching a new Value HMO product for large employers on Jan. 1. The HMO uses a high-value provider network, rather than a broader network. The HMO includes access to hospitals and affiliated providers under…
CMS has reinstated a small number of enrollees who lost coverage after the agency canceled ACA policies for more than 760,000 people, according to a KFF Health News report published Oct. 15 in NPR. KFF Health News learned of the…
Molecular residual disease (MRD) testing is moving into the next phase of precision oncology, extending molecular insight past diagnosis and treatment selection into post-treatment monitoring, surveillance and survivorship. For health systems, the question is not whether to add another test.…
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- Rick Baehner, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Precision Oncology Abbott Cancer Diagnostics, Clinical Professor of Pathology,, University of California, San Francisco
As insurers pivot their market and product strategies, executive leadership has been evolving at health plans and their parent companies. Here are 31 payer leadership moves to know from the second half of 2026:
CMS ended subsidies in 2026 for 189,000 people with federally subsidized marketplace coverage who also had Medicare, Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage, or who were deceased, HHS said Oct. 14. Here are five things to know: 1. The…
Arbitration awards under the No Surprises Act can reach nearly 6% of total commercial medical spend in some regions, UnitedHealthcare CEO Tim Noel said during an Oct. 13 earnings call. The medical cost trend for UnitedHealthcare’s commercial business is “exceeding”…
Value-based care promised better outcomes at lower cost. Years of effort and millions in infrastructure later, payer leaders are asking a blunt question: is it delivering? On Oct. 21, join us for a candid discussion built for payer leaders that…
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- Tim Smith, ASA, MAAA, MS, Chief Actuary, Arbital Health
- Niall Brennan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Horizon BCBS
- Ali Khan, MD, MPP, FACP, Advisor, Andreessen Horowitz, Former CMO of Medicare, Aetna
DataSpring, powered by CAQH, assembled a collective of insurers, along with the American Medical Association, to launch a new standard to measure provider directory data quality for individual clinicians on Oct. 13. DataSpring, owned by major health insurers, bridges payer…
Optum Health’s earnings from operations climbed to $735 million in the third quarter, up from $41 million a year earlier, as UnitedHealth Group’s care delivery arm continues to recover from a challenging 2025. The unit’s operating margin rose to 3.2%…
The American Hospital Association is challenging a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association analysis that estimated rising hospital coding intensity added $942 million in costs and linked the trend to AI-enabled billing tools. The AHA argued in an Oct. 5 blog…
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