A Florida Blue and GuideWell executive vice president, focused on corporate affairs and legal, shared his retirement on LinkedIn toward the beginning of 2026. Charles Joseph has worked at Florida Blue for over 31 years, according to the post. Throughout…
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The Indiana Hospital Association is aiming to “expose abusive insurer practices” through its Access Denied campaign, a Feb. 17 news release said. The initiative includes a web portal addressing care denials, amplifies media coverage of denials and prompts people to…
Idaho lawmakers introduced a bill Feb. 12 that would incentivize some physicians providing preceptorship training to graduate students — mainly in rural and underserved areas — by cutting Medicaid prior authorization requirements. Primary care, psychiatric or OB-GYN doctors completing at…
Minnesota’s ACA exchange, MNsure, saw an 8% drop in private health insurance enrollment this year, according to a Feb. 10 news release. When the annual enrollment period ended Jan. 15, 139,251 Minnesotans had 2026 coverage through the exchange, versus 151,512…
Imagine360’s new chief product officer, Nilima Rajkumar, has concerns with pricing transparency in healthcare, specifically how traditional insurers may go off of hospitals’ chargemasters. “[Insurers] are offering you a discount, but it’s like, a discount off of what?” she said…
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AmeriHealth Caritas is dropping its pharmacy benefit manager business, PerformRx, and transitioning to Optum Rx instead, the insurer confirmed to Becker’s Feb. 17. AmeriHealth Caritas is moving away “after a multiyear review” of PBM options. PerformRx will wrap operations “in…
Florida Blue is undergoing a range of leadership changes, from welcoming an Elevance Health chief technology officer to expanding responsibilities for its chief medical officer. The changes come as GuideWell, parent company of Florida Blue and Triple-S Salud, is working…
UnitedHealth Group Board Chairman and CEO Stephen Hemsley privately invested in healthcare companies that work with UnitedHealth or have competing offerings, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 16. Mr. Hemsley’s investment firm, Cloverfields Capital Group LP, has made both public…
In February, Gov. Ned Lamont proposed the “Connecticut Option” — a publicly created, but privately administered, health plan — in his 2027 budget proposal. He called for $1 million to outline the policy and conduct a feasibility assessment. He said…
In a Feb. 11 budget proposal, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer laid out how she plans to secure $780.4 million to stabilize Medicaid. Ms. Whitmer is aiming to bring in $232 million from tobacco, $73.6 million from vaping and non-tobacco nicotine products,…