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Author: Jakob Emerson

Our healthcare system badly lags other industrialized nations in terms of what we spend and the outcomes we achieve, and the culprit is fairly obvious: we spend five times our peer nations on administrative expenses. How bad is it? Our doctors…

From antitrust challenges from the federal government over proposed acquisitions, to industrywide disputes over Medicare Advantage star ratings, these are 12 key insurance industry lawsuits filed or settled in 2024:

It's been an unprecendented year for health plan CEOs, with new leadership at Humana, Aetna, Cigna Healthcare, Optum and multiple BCBS plans.

CMS has moved the deadline to enroll in federally facilitated marketplace coverage from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18 for benefits that begin in the new year.

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HHS' Office of Inspector General has issued a special fraud alert about the risks of fraud and abuse in certain marketing and compensation arrangements related to Medicare Advantage. 

Four health insurers earned a spot on the latest list of the 250 best-managed companies, as ranked by the Drucker Institute.

In the wake of the targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the New York Police Department is warning other health insurance executives that their safety could also be at risk.

The Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to 21 companies marketing or generating leads for health plans regarding concerns over deceptive or unfair claims during open enrollment.

Sachin Jain, MD, CEO of SCAN Group, is sounding the alarm about the growing reliance on centralized call centers across healthcare and how they may inadvertently erode the quality of patient care. 

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