Author: Andrew Cass

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Sept. 14 to reform the Medicare Advantage prior authorization process. 

Missouri is no longer seeing a Medicaid application backlog, the state's social services department director told state lawmakers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sept. 14. 

Dayton, Ohio-based managed care organization CareSource is partnering with Texas' largest federally qualified health center with plans to participate in the procurement process for Medicaid contracts in two counties. 

Former UnitedHealthcare CEO Steve Nelson has been named CEO of JenCare, a senior-focused primary care practice.

From parent company CVS Health's $8 billion purchase of Signify Health to an expired contract with Covenant Health, here are seven stories about Aetna that Becker's has covered since July 26. 

Four payers are among the nation's best places for hybrid jobs, according to FlexJobs.

With new or additional California Medicaid contracts in the offing, Molina Healthcare will add 1.4 million enrollees, mostly at Centene subsidiary HealthNet's expense, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported Sept. 12. 

Philadelphia-based Health Partners Plans is expanding its Medicare Advantage coverage into Gloucester County, N.J., The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sept. 12. 

Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed has been out of network with UnitedHealthcare since June 1, and while contract negotiations are ongoing, a hospital spokesperson told CBS affiliate WNCN Sept. 8 they are "not confident in a quick resolution." 

Johns Hopkins will go out of network with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield on Dec. 5 if the two sides are unable to reach a new contract, The Baltimore Sun reported Sept. 8.