Author: Rylee Wilson

The National Committee for Quality Assurance awarded 24 Medicare Advantage contracts 4.5 star ratings for 2023. 

Thirteen Medicaid plans in seven states received 4.5 star ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. 

A program designed to support socially-isolated Medicare Advantage members helped improve feelings of loneliness and depression, according to a report from the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute. 

New Mexico had the highest share of publicly insured residents in 2022, with over half of the state's residents receiving insurance through Medicaid, Medicare and other public programs, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau published Sept. 14. 

MetroPlusHealth has named Mary DiGangi as chief people officer. 

As Medicaid redeterminations continue, Florida is facing allegations it illegally discriminated against families and children of color in its redetermination process, and Hawaii has paused disenrollments for the remainder of 2023 in the wake of the Maui wildfires. 

North Dakota and Utah had the highest percentage of privately insured individuals in 2022, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, published Sept. 14. 

More than 1,000 Blue Shield of California employees will work at the company's new office space in Long Beach.. 

Mike Murphy, one of the longest-serving Blue Cross Blue Shield CEOs, says relationships with providers have not worsened over his 16 years at the helm of Anthem BCBS Nevada — they've just grown more complicated. 

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch said she is "optimistic" Aetna will improve its Medicare Advantage star ratings for 2024.