Highmark Blue Shield has named Dan Tropeano its first southeastern Pennsylvania segment president as the company looks to expand its service area to new parts of the state, including Philadelphia, in 2024.
Author: Jakob Emerson
Medicare Advantage patients may receive high-quality and more effective diabetes care compared to fee-for-service (FFS) enrollees, according to a new study from Avalere Health and the Better Medicare Alliance, a pro-MA advocacy group.
From CVS to Kaiser Permanente, this is where six payers have put their investment dollars since Nov. 1:
UnitedHealthcare named Marcus Robinson as president of markets for individual and family plans Jan. 10.
HHS has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency until April 11.
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From the merging of two payers to multibillion-dollar acquisitions, these are seven M&A updates involving payers reported by Becker's since Nov. 17:
Optum is hiring 575 employees from Owensboro (Ky.) Health and will begin managing the company's revenue cycle operations and IT services.
BCBS of Massachusetts has named Debbie Peikes, PhD, as vice president of measurement and evaluation.
CareFirst BCBS and Live Chair Health are partnering on healthcare access for Medicaid members, focusing particularly on closing social determinants of health gaps in Baltimore and other parts of Maryland.
Before 2006, Medicare Advantage in its current form didn't exist. Now, the public-private program has more enrollees than traditional Medicare — how did it get here?