Author: Andrew Cass

Nonprofit Medicare Advantage insurer Senior Care Action Network Health Plan is planning to expand into two Texas counties next year, pending regulatory approval from CMS. 

Magellan Health has appointed  former Centene vice president Tom Britt to serve as its new CIO. 

Illinois is increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates for abortion providers by 20 percent, CBS Chicago reported Aug. 4. 

Aetna is entering the ACA individual insurance marketplace in seven California counties for 2023.  

An estimated 3.7 million people would gain health coverage if the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid eligibility did so in 2023, according to an Aug. 3 report from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

Cigna and Mobile-based Ascension Health Alabama have agreed to renew their commercial contract, the Birmingham Business Journal reported Aug. 2. 

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is collaborating with the mental health startup Headway to increase access to behavioral health services for the 3.5 million people it serves in Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is donating $500,000 toward relief and recovery efforts for people affected by torrential rains and flooding in its home state as well as Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. 

The national uninsured rate reached an all-time low of 8 percent in the first quarter of 2022, according to an HHS report released Aug. 2. 

Elevance Health is partnering with Aledade to assist independent primary care physicians transition to value-based care.