Author: Rylee Wilson

Short-term insurance plans can be valuable for those comfortable with high-deductibles in need of basic coverage, Victoria Eardley wrote in a July 21 opinion for The Wall Street Journal. 

AHIP has tapped LaShawn McIver, MD, director of CMS' Office of Minority Health, as chief health equity officer. 

Physicians who serve more patients dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and with higher risk scores are less likely to be included in Medicare Advantage networks, a study published July 21 in JAMA Health Forum found. 

Employer-sponsored insurance plans with fully-integrated medical and pharmaceutical benefits can lower medical costs and reduce hospitalization and emergency room visit rates, according to a report from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and Prime Therapeutics. 

Elevance Health beat investor expectations in its latest earnings report and is adding new food-as-medicine initiatives. 

The neighborhood an individual lives in can affect their healthcare utilization, especially in the Medicare population, according to a study in the American Journal of Managed Care. 

Some healthcare industry leaders are pushing to make California's largest-ever investment in Medi-Cal permanent, KFF Health News reported July 21. 

Audits from HHS' Office of Inspector General published in the first half of 2023 found over $56 million in estimated overpayments to Medicare Advantage providers. 

As of July 19, more than 3 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid during the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision, according to KFF. 

Expensive GLP-1 drugs are just one of many factors driving up medical costs, Elevance Health CFO John Gallina said.