Author: Andrew Cass

Eight-four percent of group practices surveyed said prior authorization requirements have increased for Medicare Advantage over the past year, while less than 1 percent said those requirements have decreased, according to a May 3 survey from the Medical Group Management…

Centene has signed a definitive agreement to sell artificial intelligence platform Apixio to the private equity firm New Mountain Capital.

A Montana judge is temporarily halting a rule that would require prior authorizations for Medicaid-paid abortions, the Daily Montanan reported May 1. 

A vacant office building that previously was part of Express Scripts' headquarters is being auctioned, the St. Louis Business Journal reported April 27. 

Arbitrators sided with physician services company Envision Healthcare in its dispute with UnitedHealthcare over allegations the payer breached their contract by reducing reimbursement rates. 

Cigna has appointed New York City-based Montefiore Medicine's president and CEO to its board of directors.

From releasing its first quarter earnings to its Optum arm purchasing a multispecialty physician group, here are 12 UnitedHealth updates Becker's has reported since April 10:

Prescott, Ariz.-based Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center is back in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona after the sides agreed to a new contract. 

The Congressional Budget Office said a proposal to add work requirements for Medicaid eligibility would have "a negligible effect on employment status or hours worked by people who would be subject to the work requirements."

UnitedHealthcare and Tulsa, Okla.-based Hillcrest HealthCare System have agreed to a new contract, avoiding a split that was set to take effect May 1 if no agreement was in place.