Author: Jakob Emerson

A two-minute document filing delay may have caused Tufts Health to lose a $400 million Medicaid contract, according to CBS affiliate WPRI.

The following payer executive moves have been reported by Becker's in the last two weeks:

Nava Benefits has launched a search engine to allow employers to search for employee benefit plans, including health plans.

Following a monthslong contract impasse between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Springfield Clinic, Illinois lawmakers are looking to enact harsher penalties for payers that violate the state's insurance code.

The Michigan Legislature passed a bill March 24 that aims to reform the state's prior authorization process.

Highmark Health confirmed a recent data breach of its computer network, according to a March 23 report from JD Supra. 

Delaware's chancellor declined to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks the release of $51 million from a post-merger escrow amid allegations that an Anthem subsidiary wrongfully held the funds, according to Law360.

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare health inequities throughout the nation and the stark differences in healthcare access across communities. To address those inequities, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health is partnering with the Pathways Community HUB Institute to implement a community-centric care navigation…

Democratic Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania introduced the Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act to require employers to provide health insurance to workers who are on strike, according to a March 4 press release.

The parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is slashing a quarter of its suburban Chicago office space as it embraces hybrid work schedules, according to The Real Deal.