Author: Andrew Cass

Cigna is buying back $3.5 billion in common stock through accelerated repurchase agreements with Mizuho Markets Americas and Morgan Stanley, the insurer announced June 16. 

Inaccuracies in Medicare's race and ethnicity data have hurt CMS' ability to assess health disparities, the HHS Office of the Inspector General said in a June 15 report. 

Florida has seen a growing number of complaints in the last three months about Medicaid managed long-term care companies, Florida Politics reported June 15.

From being selected for a Medicare Advantage contract with Connecticut, to canceling its contract with Cerebral, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna has been featured in seven recent Becker's stories:

Twelve officials make up Louisville-Ky.-based Humana's executive team, according to the payer's website. 

Centene has agreed to pay $13.7 million to settle an investigation into its subsidiaries' pricing and reporting of pharmacy benefits and services to New Mexico's Medicaid program.   

Optum is canceling in-network services with mental health startup Cerebral in August, a spokesperson for UnitedHealth Group's behavioral health arm told Business Insider on June 13. 

Humana's pharmacy and specialty pharmacy businesses are now under its CenterWell brand. 

Health insurers in Rhode Island are seeking a significant jump in premium rates next year, according to the state's health insurance commissioner's office. 

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill requiring healthcare-sharing ministries to submit annual reports on their operations to the state's insurance commissioner, Colorado Politics reported June 9.