Centene reported $1.5 billion in net earnings in the first quarter of 2026, the company shared in its April 28 earnings report, with adjusted diluted earnings per share of $3.37 coming in approximately $0.50 above expectations. Total revenues for Q1…
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Oregon’s Division of Financial Regulation has ordered ClearShare Health and four affiliated entities to immediately stop selling memberships in the state, concluding that the Texas-based health share operated as an unlicensed insurer and TPA. ClearShare markets itself as a health…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama posted a net loss of $3.2 million in 2025. The insurer saw its profit fall to $18 million in 2024 after posting $368.6 million in net income in 2023, according to financial data…
TPG has completed its acquisition of Optum UK, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group whose core asset is EMIS Group, a healthcare software company used by the United Kingdom’s NHS. The deal closed March 13, according to UK regulatory filings, and…
Elevance Health has set aside $935 million to cover potential costs tied to its ongoing risk adjustment data dispute with CMS, which threatens the insurers’ ability to enroll new members into some of its Medicare Advantage plans. CFO Mark Kaye…
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Expanding access to care and supporting whole-person health is essential to reducing the cost of healthcare. While clinical innovation plays an important role, long-term health outcomes are often shaped by community-based services such as mental health support, housing organizations, food…
UnitedHealthcare’s commercial business is planning more prior authorization rollbacks and wants to be seen as a better partner to the health systems it negotiates with, the unit’s CEO and CFO said at Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Dan Kueter,…
UnitedHealth Group’s Chief Innovation Officer, Dame Vivian Hunt, is leaving the company. “It has been a privilege to drive innovation alongside such talented colleagues,” Ms. Hunt wrote on Linkedin on April 22. “I am grateful to the executive team and…
The Louisiana Department of Insurance is warning residents to avoid two organizations marketing themselves as health insurers without state authorization. Innovative Partners and LifeX Research are not licensed by the LDI to sell or solicit health insurance in Louisiana, the…
A federal court has temporarily halted a Florida-based operation that the Federal Trade Commission alleges collected more than $91 million by deceiving consumers into purchasing fake health insurance coverage. The FTC filed its complaint April 7 in the U.S. District…