Author: Andrew Cass

Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross is partnering with Uno Health to help enroll Medicare Advantage members into state and federal government programs. 

Ten providers — including Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Cleveland Clinic —  recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.

The vast majority of nonpediatric office-based physicians are accepting new patients with Medicare and private insurance, according to a May 12 Kaiser Family Foundation report.

Forty-one million of the nearly 180 million Americans with employer-provided health insurance received mental health support in 2020, according to the health insurer lobby and trade group America's Health Insurance Plans.

Medicare Part D spending on top brand-name drugs over a five-year period "more than made up the money" that drugmakers say it costs to develop new medications, according to a May 11 AARP report. 

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Missouri was selected by the state as one of three managed care organizations to serve Medicaid enrollees in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Children's Health Insurance Program.

More Medicare Advantage plans were available in 2022 than any other year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

From hiring leaders to launching programs, here are some of the ways payers are addressing health equity:

Centene announced April 26 that it's updating its leadership structure. Here's a closer look at Centene's new office of the CEO:

Three payers recently launched pilot programs to address needs ranging from colorectal cancer screenings to food insecurity: