Author: Andrew Cass

Outgoing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts President and CEO Andrew Dreyfus said he hopes his legacy is "demonstrating that when people of goodwill come together, extraordinary things can happen."

Cameron (Mo.) Regional Medical Center will go out of network with Cigna Medicare Advantage plans on Dec. 31, the New-Press Now reported Nov. 25. 

Humana completed its public offering of $1.25 billion in senior notes, the payer said Nov. 22. 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has named Jenni Bradley the senior director of strategy and planning in its provider network management division, chattanoogan.com reported Nov. 22. 

UnitedHealthcare and Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health have reached a multi-year deal to keep nearly 3 million beneficiaries in-network with the health system's physicians and facilities in California, the Eureka Times-Standard reported Nov. 22.

The magazine WomenInc. named three payer executives among its 118 most influential women in corporate America. 

"Gold card" programs that give providers exemptions from certain prior authorization requirements have received mixed reviews from payers, according to a Nov. 14 America's Health Insurance Plans survey. 

The National Association of Medicaid Directors has told congressional leaders that a clearer picture is needed surrounding the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency's Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement. 

Several states have implemented prior authorization reforms this year, but a majority of payers said state regulations make programs worse, according to a Nov. 14 survey from AHIP. 

The head of the Florida agency overseeing the state's Medicaid program is stepping down, the Tampa Bay Times reported Nov. 21.