Lacey Bergh will serve as the market president for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota once its affiliation with Cambia Health Solutions is confirmed, according to a Jan. 13 news release. In the role, Ms. Bergh will manage the…
Author: Elizabeth Casolo
Insurance commissioners significantly shape the industry’s regulatory landscape in each state. A handful even come from healthcare backgrounds, specifically. Becker’s compiled a list of these leaders from across the country, as well as details on their expertise. Here are the…
Forty-six percent of New Yorkers would not be able to take on an unanticipated $1,000 medical bill without going into debt, according to a Jan. 12 MetroPlusHealth Care Crunch Index survey. MetroPlusHealth surveyed 1,010 adults across the five boroughs and…
Cigna and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Memorial Hospital — under Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, formerly CHI Memorial — have not reached an agreement ahead of their Feb. 1 contracting deadline. “We have a longstanding relationship with Memorial Hospital and want them to remain…
CMS is moving to replace four legacy Medicare claims platforms. Now, it is seeking a vendor to design one platform that would assume all four systems’ responsibilities. In a Jan. 8 request for information, CMS said the new platform —…
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Republicans from the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means sent a letter Jan. 9 to the HHS Office of Inspector General over concerns of Medicare fraud in California. The letter focused on home health agencies and…
Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Chuck Bassett to serve as the director of the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions, effective Jan. 12. Mr. Bassett previously served as vice president of government relations and public policy at Blue Cross Blue…
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., introduced a bill aimed at starting a federal public health insurance option on the ACA marketplace. The Affordable Consumer Health Options and Insurance Competition Enhancement Act…
ACA open enrollment generally runs until Jan. 15, but Illinois, Connecticut and Pennsylvania are giving their residents more time to choose coverage. While the future of enhanced premium tax credits is still up in the air, the subsidies expired at…
UnitedHealth Group commissioned two independent studies from actuarial firm Milliman highlighting Medicare Advantage savings for both the federal government and beneficiaries. UnitedHealth shared the studies the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee released a report on the insurer’s “aggressive strategies”…