Author: Rylee Wilson

Four payers were named among DiversityInc's top companies for executive women. 

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty had the largest percentage increase in compensation between 2021 and 2022, according to regulatory filings. 

Forcing states to implement Medicaid work requirements would fail basic constitutionality tests, a group of health policy experts wrote in Health Affairs. 

California regulators raised concerns about hiring practices and a surplus of funds at CalOptima Health, a managed care plan with nearly 1 million members. 

Payers are anticipating the cost of expensive new gene therapy drugs to be a significant issue in the coming years, according to a survey from the Pharmaceutical Strategy Group. 

Twenty-six state attorneys general are asking Medicare to cover monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer's disease. 

Blue Shield of California has named Krishna Ramachandran as senior vice president of health transformation and provider adoption. 

Bright Health is moving to sell the last of its Medicare Advantage business, and new enrollments are boosting payers' first-quarter earnings. 

Medicare Advantage enrollment has surpassed traditional Medicare for the first time in the program's history.

Executives from Elevance Health and Molina Healthcare are among the six new members appointed to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.