Author: Elizabeth Casolo

Portland-based CareOregon has hired McKinsey & Co. as the nonprofit insurer navigates financial challenges, Willamette Week reported Sept. 3. CareOregon laid off 80 employees and canceled 70 empty roles in July. In a statement shared with Becker’s, CareOregon cited rising…

Total health benefit costs per employee are slated to increase 6.5% in 2026, marking the highest jump since 2010, according to Mercer’s 2025 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans. That figure takes cost-reduction measures into account. Employers estimate nearly a…

A group representing nonprofit health plans is raising concerns over what it claims is a wide variation in Medicare Advantage risk adjustment scores across insurers, leading to what it calls a “gaming” of MA payments to the benefit of for-profit…

Aledade’s ACOs accumulated $1 billion in savings through the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2024. The network of independent primary care providers worked with about 11% of all MSSP beneficiaries, contributing nearly 20% of the program’s shared savings, according to…

CareSource and New York-based ElderServe Health have finalized their affiliation, effective Sept. 1. ElderServe Health, which offers Medicaid and Medicare to elderly or disabled New Yorkers, will no longer operate under RiverSpring Living, its former parent company, according to a…