Author: Jakob Emerson

Oklahoma City-based SSM Health is suing Bright Health over allegations that the insurtech has not paid for more than $13 million in medical claims.

L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest publicly operated health plan in the U.S., has promoted Afzal Shah to CFO.

Covered California, the state's ACA exchange, has named Monica Soni, MD, as its new chief medical officer.

Elevance Health posted double-digit revenue growth and beat investor expectations in the first quarter of 2023, according to the company's earnings report published April 19.

Twelve payers have been named among the most trustworthy companies in the nation in 2023 by Newsweek.

As the ACA marks its 10th year of operation, customer access to new insurers and individual plans continues to grow nationwide, according to an April 11 report from McKinsey and Co.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health says its biggest opportunity for growth is its insurance plan, SelectHealth, which will offer Medicare Advantage and individual plans on the Colorado exchange for 2024, pending regulatory approvals.

CVS Health has named Brian Kane as executive vice president and president of Aetna, effective September 1.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon has named Tracy Olsen as director of sales.

Google and Microsoft are both rolling out new cloud-based care management platforms designed for payers that will support unlocking unstructured data and better member outreach.