Author: Andrew Cass

Health insurer Sana is entering Wisconsin's small business market. 

Healthcare providers in New York want more due process protections when they are audited by the state's Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Spectrum News 1 reported Aug. 18. 

A group of transgender-rights organizations is preparing to file a federal lawsuit seeking to halt Florida's Medicaid regulator from banning coverage of gender-affirming care, Politico reported Aug. 17. 

In a Wall Street Journal ad published Aug. 16, the American Hospital Association urged commercial health insurers to end four policies that it says hurt patients, contribute to clinician burnout and raise care costs.

Eleven officials make up Cigna's executive leadership team, according to its website. 

Ten providers — including Northwestern Medicine and Community Health System — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations. 

UnitedHealth disclosed in a regulatory filing it has acquired KS Plan Administrators, a Medicare health insurer in Houston, the Star Tribune reported Aug. 16. 

Oklahoma City-based OU Health is back in network with UnitedHealthcare after the two sides reached an agreement Aug. 12.

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health and Anthem Blue Cross have reached a deal on a new contract, the Tehachapi News reported Aug. 12.

Florida's Medicaid regulator has finalized rules banning healthcare providers from billing Medicaid for gender-affirming medical treatment, Politico reported Aug. 11.