Author: Andrew Cass

The cost of care has topped the COVID-19 pandemic as the biggest healthcare concern facing Massachusetts residents, according to a Sept. 8 survey commissioned by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. 

From canceling plans to build an East Coast campus in North Carolina to settling allegations it overcharged Washington's Medicaid program, here are eight stories about Centene that Becker's has covered since Aug. 18.

LGBTQ and health advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida's ban on healthcare providers from billing Medicaid for gender-affirming medical treatment, The Washington Post reported Sept. 7. 

Phoenix-based Cigna Medical Group has changed its name to Evernorth Care Group as part of Cigna’s new health services business, Evernorth.

Alignment Healthcare has closed a $250 million senior secured term facility with Oxford Finance. 

Nebraska Hospital Association president Jeremy Nordquist called Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska's decision to reduce telehealth reimbursements for providers a "devastating" and "shortsighted" cut, the Omaha World Herald reported Sept. 6. 

Long COVID-19 is costing employers more than $600 more per member than the average diabetes episode through the first six months of 2022, according to a study from healthcare services provider Nomi Health. 

Centene subsidiary WellCare of Kentucky has named Chirag Patel, MD, its chief medical officer and Marc Nyarko its COO. 

For every premium dollar that is spent, 82.4 cents goes toward prescription drugs and medical expenses, according to a Sept. 6 report from America's Health Insurance Plans. 

Here is how much the CEOs at the six of the nation's largest health insurance companies earned over the median worker's salary in 2021, according to analysis from S&P Global released Aug. 19: