Author: Rylee Wilson

Cigna and Elevance Health are among the top companies for protecting consumer data, according to Just Capital's ranking of the "most just" companies. 

UnitedHealth Group's philanthropic arm is putting $3 million toward a new partnership to address health inequity with Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota. 

 A proposed rule change coming from CMS is making payers nervous. 

Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health has joined as an owner of Peak Health, a health plan launched by Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine. 

Payers are implementing new programs to curb spending on prescription drugs, particularly specialty drugs. These medicines, prescribed to a small number of patients, accounted for half of prescription drugs costs in 2021, per HHS.

Medicare Advantage recently enrollment topped 30 million, a benchmark that AHIP, the trade group representing the industry, called a milestone. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Ascension Texas have reached a new contract agreement, avoiding going out-of-network in a dispute that could have affected 66,000 patients. 

Cigna and Humana are leading among healthcare companies for offering fair wages to employees, according to Just Capital's ranking of the "most just" companies. 

Independence Blue Cross is launching a network to manage the cost and outcomes of gene-based therapies with Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 

New enrollments in Florida, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina drove much of the growth in new ACA exchange plan sign-ups for 2023, The New York Times reported Jan. 25.