The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association submitted a wide-ranging letter to CMS on March 30 in response to the agency’s information request on its Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare, or CRUSH, initiative. Seven BCBSA recommendations: 1. CMS should notify…
Author: Jakob Emerson
CVS Health President and CEO David Joyner earned $21.2 million in total compensation in 2025, according to the company’s annual proxy statement filed April 3. CVS’ highest-paid executives in 2025: 1. David Joyner, president and CEOSalary: $1,500,000Stock awards: $14,499,931Non-equity incentive…
CommonSpirit Health’s Tennessee and Georgia facilities (formerly CHI Memorial), is back in network with Cigna Healthcare, according to an insurer statement shared with Becker’s April 3. “We have reached an agreement that will keep CommonSpirit in our network. We look…
From several mergers in the managed care space to Kaiser’s entry into Nevada, these are seven payer industry M&A updates previously reported by Becker’s. 1. Carolina Complete Health and WellCare of North Carolina, both Centene subsidiaries, secured regulatory approval in…
A federal judge is allowing most claims to move forward in a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Carelon Behavioral Health of maintaining an inaccurate and misleading directory of in-network mental health providers for New York state employees. Carelon, the health…
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CMS published its final 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D rule on April 2, enacting changes to star ratings, supplemental benefits administration, Part D coverage, and a series of deregulatory provisions. The rule is effective June 1 and applies to…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota posted a $353 million operating loss in 2025, driven largely by losses in its Medicare Advantage and Medicaid businesses, the insurer said April 1. The plan paid $9.8 billion in medical and pharmacy claims…
A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit that accused UnitedHealthcare of illegally installing third-party tracking software on its website to collect visitor data without consent. The case, originally filed in October 2025, was brought by a California resident…
CareSource has finalized its affiliation with Community Care, a Brookfield, Wis.-based managed care organization serving older adults and adults with disabilities. Community Care serves Wisconsin adults 55 and older, as well as adults 18 and older with physical, intellectual or…
CMS has granted Elevance Health’s request for more time to resolve the ongoing dispute over Medicare Advantage risk adjustment data reporting, pushing back a possible start date on enrollment sanctions by two months. In a March 18 statement, Elevance said…