Author: Jakob Emerson

Medicaid provider CalOptima hopes to launch Orange County's first public health plan option on the state's insurance marketplace, Covered California.

Elevance Health subsidiary myNEXUS, a home-based nursing management company, will expand its Indiana post-acute care program for Medicare members nationwide over the next six to 12 months, the company said July 20 during its second quarter earnings call.

Myia Health, a San Francisco-based virtual care delivery platform, appointed Craig Samitt, MD, as executive chair. 

From several BCBS companies to Molina Healthcare and Clover Health, these are 14 recent payer CEO moves Becker's has reported since April 1:

Seventeen payers have been recognized for their initiatives around disability inclusion and equality for their employees in the 2022 Disability Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey created by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Tampa, Fla.-based Health Insurance Innovations and its former CEO Gavin Southwell for allegedly hiding customer complaints from its investors.

Employees at Cigna subsidiary Evernorth moved into a new campus July 19 in Morris Plains, N.J. that aims to support hybrid work styles, according to ROI-NJ.

As healthcare utilization returns to pre-pandemic levels, payers are increasing rates by an average of 10 percent next year across the country, according to MarketWatch.

Elevance Health, formerly Anthem, saw its net income decrease 8.4 percent year over year, but the company exceeded expectations with its adjusted earnings, according to its second-quarter earnings report filed July 20.

Dana Erickson has been president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota since October 2021. She sat down with Becker's to discuss the latest trends across the health insurance industry and what her company is doing to…