Author: Rylee Wilson

Most Americans have a favorable opinion of Medicaid, a survey from Morning Consult and the Modern Medicaid Alliance found. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas is backing Sonara Health, a startup methadone medication management system. 

HumanaChoice Medicare Advantage plan received $34.4 million in overpayments from CMS, according to an audit from the HHS Office of the Inspector General. 

Elevance Health is facing a federal lawsuit alleging the payer received more than $100 million in overpayments from CMS after a judge declined to dismiss the suit, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported Oct. 5. 

Around 16 percent of Medicare Advantage enrollees switch insurance after one year of enrollment, a new study in the American Journal of Managed Care found. 

Sonder Health, a Georgia health plan provider, has named a new CEO and a new president and chief growth officer, the payer said Oct. 4. 

Increased Medicare payment for biosimilars took effect Oct. 3, one of the first Medicare provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act to kick in. 

Highmark Senior Health Plan received an estimated $6.2 million in overpayments from CMS for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, according to an audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General. 

Lumeris has tapped Ben Grabski as CFO, the St.Louis-based managed care organization said Oct. 4. 

L.A. Care, a publicly operated health plan in Los Angeles County, will offer a new Medicare Plus plan for dual-eligible beneficiaries, the insurer said Oct. 4.