Jessica Lopez-Liggett was named commercial state plan president for Anthem’s Indiana business in February, coming at a time when employers nationally are contending with the highest increase in benefits costs in at least a decade. Now about a month in,…
Author: Jakob Emerson
Molina Healthcare President and CEO Joseph Zubretsky earned $18.3 million in 2025. The company reported the earnings of its top executives in its annual proxy report. Mr. Zubretsky earned roughly $3.6 million less than in 2024, when he was paid…
Cigna Group CEO David Cordani earned $22.9 million in 2025. The company reported the earnings of its top executives in its annual proxy report. Mr. Cordani earned roughly $400,000 less than in 2024, when he was paid $23.3 million in…
I feel compelled to raise the alarm about the worsening state of maternal health in our country – particularly here in Florida, where I trained as a physician, raised my family, and built my career. This issue is deeply personal for…
UnitedHealthcare is expanding doula coverage to eligible employer-sponsored plans nationwide. “UnitedHealthcare now will be the first to offer doula support in employer-sponsored and commercial members at this scale across plans nationwide,” Rhonda Randall, DO, chief medical officer for the insurer’s…
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New research from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is offering what the organization describes as the first publicly available data connecting rising hospital coding intensity to higher healthcare costs, pointing to AI-assisted coding tools as a likely driver. The…
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare offer the best mobile provider search tools among major Medicare Advantage insurers, according to a February report from Corporate Insight shared with Becker’s. The report evaluated tools available on iOS and looked at…
An Illinois Senate bill introduced in February would ban payers from using automated tools, including AI, to downcode physician claims and would require that any downcoding decision be made by a licensed physician of the same or similar specialty as…
The Georgia Senate has passed a bill that would ban AI tools from being used independently to make coverage decisions. The bill, which passed the chamber unanimously in February, would require a clinician to make the final decision on coverage…
A federal magistrate judge in Minnesota has ordered UnitedHealth Group to produce a wide range of documents in an ongoing lawsuit accusing the insurer of using an AI algorithm to wrongfully deny Medicare Advantage members post-acute care. The March 9…