Author: Rylee Wilson

Five key changes could improve Medicare Advantage, SCAN Group CEO Sachin Jain, MD, wrote in Forbes Jan. 30. 

Daniel Finke, former president of Aetna, was named CEO of health plan services company Convey Health Solutions, according to a Jan. 29 news release. 

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging CMS to maintain "payment and policy" stability in Medicare Advantage. 

After a called-off merger between Humana and Cigna, executives at both companies say they are focused on staying on their existing courses. 

Two large insurers based in Oakland, Calif., are implementing tougher security measures in response to rising crime in the city's downtown, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Jan. 26. 

Two lawmakers are asking CMS to do more to curb overpayments to the Medicare Advantage program. 

Though Medicare Advantage enrollment keeps climbing, the program may not have the profitability it once did for insurers. 

CMS is seeking input on improving transparency in the Medicare Advantage program. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's legal challenge to win back the state health plan contract it lost to Aetna can continue, the News and Observer reported Jan. 24. 

Humana has named David Dintenfass as president of enterprise growth, a new role responsible for growing and retaining customers.