Today's Top 20 Stories
  1. Payers brace for behavioral health costs to keep rising

    Demand for behavioral healthcare is on the rise. 
  2. Cigna in the headlines: 7 recent updates

    Cigna is rolling back prior authorizations and adding new AI-based offerings for members. 
  3. Humana partners with Interwell on kidney care

    Humana and kidney care provider Interwell Health have reached a value-based care agreement in 13 states for most Humana Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO members living with chronic kidney disease as well as members across the country living with end-stage kidney disease.

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  1. 4 recent payer rebrands

    Here are four payer rebrands that Becker's has reported since June 23: 
  2. The fight against Medicaid disenrollments is underway

    The first lawsuit challenging the Medicaid redetermination process was filed in Florida on Aug. 22. On the same day, community organizers in Arkansas protested the process outside the state's capitol. 
  3. Cigna ends prior authorization requirements for 25% of procedures

    Cigna Healthcare has removed prior authorization requirements for more than 600 medical procedures, cutting the number of prior authorizations it requires by 25 percent. 
  4. BCBS Massachusetts names chief consumer experience officer

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has named Paul Long as chief consumer experience officer. 

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  1. Elevance rebranding CareMore to Carelon Health

    CareMore Health, an Elevance Health subsidiary, will rebrand as Carelon Health in January 2024. 
  2. 40 payers among Forbes' best-in-state employers

    Forty health insurers and health systems with health plans were named to Forbes' 2023 list of Best Employers by State. 
  3. Michigan seeks bids for Medicaid program overhaul

    Michigan is seeking contractors to manage Medicaid care for more than 2.2 million people. 
  4. Employers sour on virtual care

    Employers are less optimistic about the importance of virtual care, according to a survey from the Business Group on Health. 

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  1. CarelonRx: Healthcare leaders can improve community health by adopting a patient-first mindset in specialty pharmacy

    The use of specialty medications is on the rise, and we don't see that trend slowing.

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