Author: Jakob Emerson

The Texas Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 17 that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas cannot receive a $3 million tax refund from its stop-loss policies that reimburse self-insured employers because they are a form of health insurance, according…

Walgreens Health is partnering with Buckeye Health Plan to expand its Health Corners service to Medicaid members in five Ohio locations this summer.  

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is planning to lease a new space for its headquarters in downtown Chicago, The Chicago Tribune reported June 16.

The Chicago-based Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has leased nearly 64,000 square feet of office space in Washington, D.C., according to the Commercial Observer.

Express Scripts' $25 insulin cap program has slashed patient cost-sharing in half and improved diabetes treatment adherence, according to a new study published June 16 by Cigna health services subsidiary Evernorth.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation June 15 that requires payers to cover continuous glucose monitors for diabetes patients beginning in 2024.

The Federal Trade Commission has voted unanimously to put pharmacy benefit managers and drugmakers "on notice" about a new enforcement policy against illegal bribes and rebate schemes that can block patient access to competing lower-cost drugs. 

Seven payers were named June 16 in Points of Light's 10th annual "Civic 50 honorees," a national standard for corporate citizenship and how companies use their time, skills and resources to drive social impact in their communities and company. 

The Commonwealth Fund released its "2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance" on June 16 to examine how well each state's healthcare system performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis included health insurance coverage rates in each state in 2020.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is partnering with San Francisco-based Castlight Health to launch a new health, wellness and care navigation solution for commercial health plan members, beginning Jan. 1.