Author: Rylee Wilson

Elevance Health named a new CFO and published new research in the first weeks of August. 

Medical cost ratios across six major payers rose an average of just under 1 percent year over year, according to companies' second-quarter earnings reports. 

Half of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries say they don't fully understand their plan, a survey from Retirement Living published Aug. 9 found. 

The end of a reinsurance program that covered some of the costliest claims for payers is coming to an end, driving up premiums in the state, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Aug. 9. 

Kaiser Permanente will receive the highest bonus-payments per Medicare Advantage enrollee in 2023 of major payers, according to an analysis from KFF. 

Health insurance is a tough business to break into. 

ACA premiums are likely to rise in 2024, with most insurers proposing rate increases of between 2 and 10 percent, according to data from the KFF-Petersen Health System tracker. 

Oscar Health is accepting new members in Florida after an eight-month pause on new sign-ups in the state. 

CMS will pay Medicare Advantage plans $12.8 billion in bonus payments in 2023, according to a KFF analysis published Aug. 9. 

A new trial that showed weight-loss drug Wegovy has benefits for cardiovascular health could make it more difficult for insurers to justify not covering the drugs, columnist Lisa Jarvis wrote in Bloomberg Aug. 8.