Author: Andrew Cass

Georgia is paying hackers to break into Georgia Gateway — the system residents access for programs like Medicaid — to search for vulnerabilities, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Axios reported April 27. 

The American Medical Association and more than 100 physician and healthcare organizations are asking Cigna to reconsider a policy they say will add administrative costs and burdens and potentially negatively affect patients.  

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York will move to a new office space in Buffalo, ABC affiliate WKBW reported April 25. 

House Republicans' Medicaid work requirement proposal would result in an estimated 600,000 people losing coverage, the Congressional Budget Office said in an April 25 report.

HHS unveiled its proposed rule that, if finalized, would expand healthcare coverage access to an estimated 129,000 previously uninsured Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients.

Clover Health's stock could be delisted from Nasdaq, the company disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The Defense Health Agency reaffirmed its decision to award a $65.1 billion contract to TriWest Healthcare Alliance to manage its Tricare West Region contract. 

House Republicans have included Medicaid work requirement proposals in their bill to raise the debt ceiling into next year, The Washington Post reported April 20. 

Centene has named Anika Gardenhire, BSN, RN, chief customer experience officer.

From posting double-digit growth in the first quarter of 2023 to acquiring a New York.-based multispecialty physician group, here are eight headlines about Optum that Becker's has reported since March 22.