Author: Andrew Cass

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is making a push for the state to become the 40th to expand Medicaid, The Center Square reported Feb. 8. 

KLAS Research, a healthcare IT data and insights company, named its "Best in KLAS" payer tools for 2023. 

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has reached a contract agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee on plans covering Medicaid beneficiaries. 

Cigna has received approval to open a branch in Saudi Arabia, International Adviser reported Feb. 7. 

From the release of its fourth-quarter earnings to suing over an executive's departure to a competitor, here are 10 stories about Cigna that Becker's has reported since Jan. 17:  

UnitedHealthcare's Medicaid managed care plan is out of network with Philadelphia-based Temple Health after the two sides were unable to reach a new contract by Feb. 1. 

Health Care Service Corp. — the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee for five states — said an email error caused former beneficiaries to receive claims, The Hill reported Feb. 3. 

North Carolina Medicaid Director Dave Richard is retiring, effective Feb. 28, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Feb. 6. 

Cambia Health Solutions has named Tonya Adams its chief health services officer. 

A law that went into full effect in 2019 granted Oregon residents free reproductive healthcare coverage, but state officials found that at least 12 insurers continued to charge beneficiaries, according to a Feb. 1 report from the Oregon Capital Chronicle.