Author: Andrew Cass

New Jersey's Medicaid program recovered $9 million in a settlement with provider Community Access Unlimited, NJ Spotlight News reported April 26. 

Lawmakers in the Kansas House and Senate have voted to delay negotiations of the state's nearly $4 billion Medicaid contracts until 2023, the Kansas Reflector reported April 26. 

Centene is updating its leadership structure, CEO Sarah London said on the company's April 26 first-quarter 2022 earnings call. 

Effective June 7, United Healthcare will require and Optum will manage prior authorization for the following outpatient radiation therapies:

Blue Cross Blue Shield is donating $3.7 million to UF Health Jacksonville to establish a Center for Health Equity and Social Justice, the payer's philanthropic foundation said April 26.   

In 2020, Medicare spending comprised 12 percent of the federal budget and 20 percent of national healthcare spending overall, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.  

A federal appellate court has revived the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe's lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan that alleges the payer failed to fulfill its fiduciary duties in administering tribal health insurance, costing the tribe millions of dollars.

From joining the S&P 500 to facing a lawsuit over its 401(k) plan, here are five recent headlines about the Long Beach, Calif., managed care organization: 

UnitedHealth Group's founder is retiring from the payer's board of directors, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported April 26. 

Financial records show for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi has accumulated a surplus significantly larger than what regulators require to protect consumers, according to Mississippi Today.