Author: Andrew Cass

Humana is projecting to add 125,000 more Medicare Advantage members in 2023 than it previously predicted. 

An Elk River, Minn., data center used by UnitedHealth Group has been sold to an affiliate of global investment management firm CloudHQ in a $90 million deal, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported Jan. 5. 

From shuffling its leadership team to winning California Medicaid contracts under a revised plan, here are eight stories about Centene that Becker's has covered since Dec. 5:

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department ordered Capital Blue Cross to pay restitution plus interest for wrongly denied claims, in addition to an $85,000 fine, pennlive.com reported Jan. 4. 

Molina Healthcare of New Mexico has named Darcie Robran-Marquez, MD, its chief medical officer. 

HHS is giving states greater flexibility to cover social determinants of health initiatives under their Medicaid program. 

A case filed by two former UnitedHealth executives who sued the company for allegedly underpaying them for a billion-dollar business line they helped create has quietly closed, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported Jan. 3. 

Although California is awarding more payer contracts to its Medi-Cal program, Molina Healthcare — who won big in the state's initial August 2022 award — is expecting its California Medicaid revenue will double. 

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is out of network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee after the sides were unable to reach a new agreement by Dec. 31, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported Jan. 2. 

From investing in VillageMD's acquisition of Summit Health, to being sued by the Justice Department for allegedly making its Medicare Advantage members appear sicker than they were, here are eight key headlines about Cigna Becker's reported in 2022: