Author: Rylee Wilson

Under a new law, Delaware must offer its retired state employees Medicare supplement plans rather than Medicare Advantage plans, Bay to Bay News reported June 26. 

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a proposal to allow Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs for beneficiaries who were prescribed the drug for at least a year before switching to Medicare. 

Capital District Physicians' Health Plan has named Brian O'Grady as president and CEO. 

Cook Children's Health Plan is challenging Texas's Medicaid contract awards in court. 

UnitedHealth Group has spent much of 2024 dealing with the fallout from the Change Healthcare attack. 

Lawmakers are pushing CMS to do more to prevent misuse of artificial intelligence by Medicare Advantage plans. 

Payer executives are focused on improving member experience and engagement, implementing value-based models and controlling rising costs in the second half of 2024. 

Making expanded ACA subsidies permanent would add $335 billion to the national deficit between 2025 and 2034, the Congressional Budget Office estimated. 

NMDP has picked up two former payer executives. 

New York City's teachers union has pulled support for the city's shift to Medicare Advantage, further complicating the controversial effort, the New York Daily News reported June 24.