Author: Jakob Emerson

Sen. Bernie Sanders and 14 other senators introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2022 on May 12 to create a federally-administered single-payer healthcare system.

Castlight Health analyzed more than 160 million commercial medical claims nationwide to reveal insights about healthcare utilization patterns from 2018 to 2021. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico has named Latha Raja Shankar, MD, as chief medical officer, the Albuquerque Journal reported May 14.

Former NFL athletes Chadwick Slaughter and Fabian Washington have pleaded guilty for their part in a scheme to defraud the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan, according to the Texas Department of Insurance.

The letters EDD explain why California's attempts at a single-payer healthcare system keep stalling out, according to California Focus, a syndicated public affairs newspaper column.

An Oscar Health stockholder filed a proposed class action May 12 in the Southern District Court of New York, alleging the insurtech company misled investors about financial issues caused by COVID-19 ahead of its initial public offering in March 2021.

Humana and New York City-based investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe have established a second joint venture to build more value-based primary care clinics for Medicare patients. 

It's been a busy May for Blue Cross Blue Shield companies hiring and promoting new executives, and the public health director from a major city is joining Humana Medicaid. These are nine recent payer executive moves.

Some states have counties where more than half of the nonelderly population does not have any health insurance, while other states boast having no county where the uninsured rate is more than 6 percent, according to financial news site 24/7…

Northwell Health is collaborating with Dominican Republic-based payer Seguros Reservas to expand patient care to residents of the Caribbean country.