Author: Andrew Cass

Centene completed the sale of its U.K. companies. 

UnitedHealthcare and Jonesboro, Ark.-based St. Bernards Healthcare have been unable to reach a new contract as several deadlines approach, Arkansas Business reported Feb. 5. 

The Mississippi Senate has advanced an updated version of a prior authorization bill that was vetoed by the governor last year, but this version's chances of being signed into law remain unlikely, the Magnolia Tribune reported Jan. 31. 

The federal No Surprises Act is estimated to have prevented more than 10 million surprise medical bills during the first nine months of 2023, according to a Jan. 26 report from AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. 

The Cigna Group recently named Brain Evanko president and CEO of Cigna Healthcare. 

Older adult care provider ChenMed has named President Steve Nelson its CEO, effective Feb. 1. 

From the finalization of a rule CMS estimates will save $15 billion over 10 years to the implementation of another, here are four prior authorization updates Becker's has reported on since Dec. 29:

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

New Hampshire has awarded three payers contracts to manage the state's Medicaid managed care programs. 

A federal appeals court upheld UnitedHealth Group's win in a class-action lawsuit by more than 200 physicians who said they were not paid facility fees for office-based surgeries.