Author: Rylee Wilson

Indiana selected four payers to manage a new long-term services and supports Medicaid program. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is backing bills in the North Carolina Legislature to allow the payer to move some of its assets to a nonprofit holding company, Business North Carolina reported March 13. 

Some of CMS' proposed Medicare Advantage risk adjustment changes will shift resources away from underserved populations, Oak Street Health says.

Molina Healthcare has named Terrisca Des Jardins president of its Michigan plan. 

Payers and providers have expressed concerns about CMS' proposed changes to Medicare Advantage risk adjustments and diagnosis coding. 

Aetna is acquiring new Medicare Advantage and state Medicaid contracts. Here are seven updates about the Hartford, Conn.-based payer Becker's has reported since Feb. 8. 

New weight loss drugs could cost Medicare billions of dollars each year if the program is required to cover them, public health experts wrote March 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

Aetna is leveraging its parent company's retail stores to let Medicaid members know they may need to renew their coverage. 

More employers are offering Medicare Advantage benefits to their retired employees, but some retirees have concerns about prior authorization and costs, The New York Times reported March 10. 

Though states and Medicaid managed care plans are ramping up campaigns to let their members know about upcoming redeterminations, most participants in a focus group conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation said they had not been asked to update their contact…