Author: Jakob Emerson

From a new CEO at BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina to restructuring at Humana sparking the search for a new insurance president, these are 27 payer executive moves reported by Becker's in July:

Centene's Medicare Advantage star ratings for 2023 "are going to be disappointing and unacceptable," according to executives during the company's second-quarter earnings call July 26.

WPS Health Solutions President and CEO Mike Hamerlik is retiring in 2023 after leading the company for 10 years. 

CMS expects monthly premiums under Medicare Part D to decrease 1.8 percent in 2023.

UnitedHealth Group's Optum is working with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi to offer a 30-day supply of insulin products for $35 to uninsured diabetics.

The trial over a Justice Department challenge to the $13 billion proposed merger of UnitedHealth Group's Optum and Change Healthcare began Aug. 1 in Washington, D.C.

Cigna will provide free transportation to local cooling centers for Medicare Advantage members nationwide if they have a transportation benefit.

Molina Healthcare plans to reduce its real estate footprint by two-thirds in a move toward permanent remote work, CEO Joseph Zubretsky told investors during the company's second quarter earnings call July 28.

HHS, the Labor Department and Treasury Department put payers on notice that they are required to cover birth control and family planning counseling under the Affordable Care Act in every state.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi filed a lawsuit July 28 in a state circuit court against three executives with the Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center over allegations of a defamatory public relations campaign following a turbulent contract…