Five insurance leaders have been named among the world's 200 most influential CEOs in 2024 by CEO World's annual ranking published in January.

CVS Health is providing an additional $35 million for affordable housing developments in Hawaii. 

UnitedHealthcare and Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health are continuing to negotiate on a new contract but remain at odds as an April 1 split date looms, Fox affiliate WGHP reported Feb. 22. 

CMS is proposing raising prices and tightening access to Medicare and Medicaid claims data, changes academics fear could hinder health policy research, ProPublica reported Feb. 22. 

Medicare Advantage enrollees are more likely to report delays in care than their counterparts in traditional Medicare, according to a survey from the Commonwealth Fund. 

UnitedHealthcare and Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network reached a new contract just days before its current deal was set to expire, VTDigger reported Feb. 21. 

Where an employee lives and the social risk factors they face affects overall health outcomes — employers should be incorporating SDOH data when designing health benefits to improve employee outcomes, productivity and associated costs, according to a white paper published Feb. 21 by UnitedHealthcare and the Health Action Council. 

California legislators are putting a single-payer system back on the table, but it still faces long odds of becoming a reality, the Los Angeles Times reported Feb. 21. 

Independence Blue Cross has promoted Peishan Ang to vice president of corporate strategy. 

From Georgia suing the Biden administration to extend the state's partially expanded program to a Florida group launching a ballot initiative, here are four state Medicaid expansion updates Becker's has reported since Feb. 2: 

Cambia Health Solutions has promoted Stephen Foxley to vice president of state affairs. 

Community Healthcare System is dropping two Medicare Advantage plans, citing unreasonable denials and delayed payments, The Times of Northwest Indiana reported Feb. 20. 

Dental benefits administrator Liberty Dental Plan has named longtime UnitedHealth Group executive Tom Choate president and CEO. 

MediGold, the Medicare Advantage subsidiary of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, received an estimated $3.7 million in net Medicare Advantage overpayments in 2017 and 2018, according to an audit from HHS' Office of Inspector General published Feb. 16. 

It's no secret that big insurers are facing challenges in the Medicare Advantage space, leaving enrollment growth flat or even on the decline for much of the industry in 2024.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has named Simmi Singh as chief people officer and executive vice president.

Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent customers from incurring extra out-of-pocket costs if their insurer goes bankrupt in the middle of the year. 

Thirteen states provide doula coverage through their Medicaid programs, and another 12 are in the process of implementing coverage, according to a report from the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute. 

Mississippi lawmakers have introduced a bill that would expand Medicaid for an estimated 250,000 residents, ABC affiliate WAPT reported Feb. 19. 

CMS needs to do more to account for rising utilization rates in Medicare Advantage, the Better Medicare Alliance argued.