Author: Andrew Cass

The parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan is updating prior authorization for home health services as it conducts a larger review of its requirements. 

From Vanguard Group acquiring the sale of its scrapped East Coast campus, to completing the sale of its U.K. companies, here are eight updates on Centene that Becker's has reported since Feb. 6: 

Investment advisory firm Vanguard Group is acquiring the Charlotte, N.C.-based office campus that was once planned to be Centene's East Coast headquarters, the Charlotte Business Journal reported April 2. 

UnitedHealth Group CFO John Rex took on the additional role of president effective April 1.

From the Senate Finance Committee planning a hearing with CEO Andew Witty to regulators reviewing the company's proposed acquisition of Amedisys, here are 12 updates on UnitedHealth Group that Becker's has reported since March 15:

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and UnitedHealthcare agreed to a new multi-year contract just days before their current contract was set to expire. 

From UnitedHealth Group facing multiple lawsuits in the fallout of the Change Healthcare cyberattack to Walgreens agreeing to pay a $360 million settlement to Humana, here are seven lawsuits, settlements and legal developments involving payers that Becker's has reported since…

Here are three updates on state efforts to expand Medicaid with work requirements: 

Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.

Georgia's alternative to expanding Medicaid under the ACA has cost $26.6 million through Dec. 31, with 90% of that money going toward administrative and consulting costs, KFF Health News reported March 20.