Author: Staff

Drew Snyder, director of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, described the state legislature's move to ban Centene's Medicaid contract as hazardous, and likely to result in litigation against the state, according to a Feb. 17 Daily Journal report. 

John Murabito, Cigna's 19-year chief human resources officer and chief administrative officer, is retiring on April 1, the payer announced Feb. 18. 

GuideWell subsidiary Florida Blue is using Olive-created artificial intelligence to reduce the turnaround time for prior authorizations by an average of 10 days. 

UnitedHealth Group named Patricia Lewis as the company's first chief sustainability officer, according to an announcement shared with Becker's. 

Tufts Health Plan received $3.7 million in Medicare Advantage overpayments, the HHS Office of Inspector General announced Feb. 14. 

CMS' new monthly special enrollment period for ACA marketplaces is slated to kick off in late March and continue monthly, according to the American Hospital Association. 

Anthem Blue Cross established a scholarship at the Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University to support disabled students seeking careers in healthcare. 

While payers like Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Aetna are beginning to battle new lawsuits in court, UnitedHealth Group is claiming a courtroom victory through a clerical error. 

Forty senators penned a letter calling on HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to implement more consumer protections against "junk insurance."

From sudden C-Suite-level shifts at Bright HealthCare to Magellan Healthcare naming its behavioral health lead, here are seven recent payer executive moves: