Author: Jakob Emerson

Payers are continuing to expand their mental and behavioral care provider networks in response to the growing need nationwide for services.

Most of the nation's largest health payers have a single CEO at the helm and operate under one name across many states. In contrast, Blue Cross and Blue Shield payers function as smaller, independent companies, though they are often the…

Payers and their venture arms have spent 2022 investing in a variety of new healthcare companies, including digital insurance marketplaces and behavioral health providers.

GoHealth, a health insurance marketplace and Medicare-focused digital health company, has closed a $50 million private investment round that included the backing of Elevance Health.

The five states where residents currently see the cheapest cost of care on average are Kentucky, Arkansas, Maryland, Alabama and Tennessee, according to data from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center.

The American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, along with 30 additional national and state medical groups, filed amicus briefs Oct. 19 in support of a lawsuit from the Texas Medical Association that once again challenges the arbitration process…

From UnitedHealthcare expanding its partnership with Peloton to new payer-provider health plans, these are eight payer partnerships reported by Becker's since Sept. 8:

BayCare Health System paused all elective surgeries and procedures for Florida Blue members Sept. 22 as the expiration date for the in-network contract between the two organizations approaches, WFTS reported.

New Jersey will soon begin the process of reorganizing Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield's nonprofit business structure.

The newest member of the Federal Trade Commission, Alvaro Bedoya, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune it is his "personal top priority" that the agency's probe into the pharmacy benefit manager industry is "conducted as rigorously as possible."