Author: Jakob Emerson

Zanesville, Ohio-based Genesis Healthcare System is dropping Anthem and Humana Medicare Advantage plans in 2024.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina intends to purchase all North Carolina locations of FastMed, a national chain of urgent care clinics.

CMS is terminating Park Ridge, Ill.-based Clear Spring's Medicare prescription drug plan at the end of 2024 following three consecutive years of star ratings below three stars.

Health Care Service Corp., the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, is facing a potential class action complaint alleging the payer intentionally discriminates against LGBTQ members by imposing out-of-pocket costs in order to qualify for fertility benefits,…

CVS Health is one company backing Medicaid startup Waymark through its participation in a $42 million financing round. 

Bill Beck joined the insurer once known as Anthem as chief marketing officer in 2019. Since that time, the company has completely transformed into a health services organization called Elevance Health.

Elevance Health posted $1.3 billion in net income during the third quarter, a nearly 20% decrease compared to the same period last year, according to the company's earnings report published Oct. 18.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota and Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health are launching a new tiered health plan for individuals, families and employers in 11 North Dakota counties for 2024.

Payers could soon face pressure to reconsider medical marijuana coverage policies following HHS' recommendation in August that the Drug Enforcement Administration reschedule the drug to a substance accessible through a prescription under federal law.

An Alaska grand jury has indicted a physician and three clinic managers on felony charges over alleged billing fraud against the state's Medicaid program, Aetna and Premera BCBS of Alaska, Alaska Public Media reported Oct. 13.