Author: Jakob Emerson

Flume Health, a digital platform startup for health plan administration, named Richard Fu chief growth officer.

Two Northern Light Health hospitals in Maine are becoming tier 1 providers with Anthem, effective July 1, according to WCSH.

Cigna updated its Loneliness Index on May 26 to include more data around which demographics are facing feelings of loneliness more than others among the 58 percent of all U.S. adults who report being lonely.

Payers are expecting to issue a total of about $1 billion in medical loss ratio rebates across all commercial markets in 2022, according to a study published June 1 by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

There is significant underdiagnosis and unnecessary suffering by Black and Hispanic individuals with major depression, and action is needed from payers to reverse the trend, according to a study published May 31 by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Getting payers to cover drugs meant to treat obesity can be difficult, but some physicians say there are workarounds, according to The New York Times.

The Labor Department is suing Atlanta-based Aliera Companies and its CEO, Shelley Steele, for allegedly violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by paying themselves and affiliated companies with health plan assets.

Beginning June 1, WakeMed is no longer a part of the UnitedHealthcare network.

An Illinois man is facing thousands of dollars in cancer treatment bills from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois after his Springfield Clinic oncologist went out of network following a terminated contract between the payer and provider last year, WCIA…

From Medical Mutual naming Cleveland Clinic's CFO as its new CEO to C-suite shakeups at several BCBS companies, these are 40 payer executive moves in the month of May: