Author: Andrew Cass

Two days after denying it had reached a settlement with Ohio over alleged overcharging claims, UnitedHealth Group's OptumRx arm said the deal has been finalized, the Ohio Capital Journal reported Oct. 31.  

AmeriHealth Caritas' ACA marketplace business is expanding into three new states in 2023. 

More than half of states have expanded postpartum Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to 12 months, with Georgia and Pennsylvania becoming the 25th and 26th states, respectively, to do so. 

Molina Healthcare acquired several Medicaid contracts during the third quarter of 2022, which will have a "profound impact" on the company over the next few years, Molina President and CEO Joseph Zubretsky said during the company's Oct. 27 earnings call.  

Forty-one percent of small business owners said the rising cost of health insurance has caused them to increase prices of goods and services, according to a survey from Small Business for America's Future.  

Many state Medicaid offices have declined to pay for remote patient monitoring programs despite being touted by successive White House administrations as a way to improve health and reduce unnecessary government spending, Politico reported Oct. 26.  

UnitedHealth Group's OptumRx arm is denying it agreed to pay $15 million to settle overcharging allegations, the Ohio Capital Journal reported Oct. 27. 

Mississippi's insurance commissioner said talks between Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi are continuing, only without the help of a mediator, ABC affiliate WTOK reported Oct. 26. 

A Pennsylvania bill aiming to streamline the prior authorization process is headed to the governor's desk after state lawmakers passed the legislation Oct. 26. 

Molina Healthcare reported a 61 percent increase in net income in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same quarter in 2021, according to the company's Oct. 26 earnings report.