Author: Rylee Wilson

A generic medication from CivicaScript saved Highmark members $90 per month on average and generated $3 million in savings for the plan, members and group customers, the insurer said in a May 29 news release. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will no longer cover GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity beginning in January, Bloomberg reported June 12. 

Value-based strategy helped Humana improve outcomes and reduce costs for patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. 

The Cigna Group does not need to seek out any mergers or acquisitions to reach its financial goals, CFO Brian Evanko told investors. 

Serious complications from birth often emerge weeks postpartum, according to a report published by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on June 11. 

"Misplaced nostalgia" for traditional Medicare will not solve the program's problems, SCAN Health Group CEO Sachin Jain, MD, wrote in Forbes on June 10. 

CMS must recalculate the Medicare Advantage star ratings for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, a federal judge ruled June 10. 

A planned merger between Capital District Physicians Health Plan and The Lifetime Healthcare Co. will allow the insurers to beef up their scale and investments in technology, executives say. 

Texas officials rejected protests from eight insurers challenging its Medicaid contract awards. 

Humana's challenge to a CMS rule implementing stricter auditing standards on Medicare Advantage plans can continue, a federal judge ruled.