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Highmark is offering members two new virtual platforms for musculoskeletal pain and alcohol use disorder. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is collaborating with Linovia, Mich.-based Trinity Health on integrating behavioral health into patients' primary care — a relationship that's closely aligning the organizations and providing holistic care to patients, according to a Feb. 2…

States are anticipating that the federal government will end the COVID-19 public health emergency sometime in 2022, which would require them to potentially unenroll upwards of 15 million people from Medicaid programs, according to Politico. 

CVS Health was named an international most admired company and an all-star ranking on Fortune's "2022 World’s Most Admired Companies" list. 

Humana reported a 27 percent dip in 2021's profits year over year, prompting an initiative set to generate $1 billion in value through streamlined productivity and cost savings. 

UnitedHealthcare has reprocessed 1.6 million COVID-19 vaccination claims that shortchanged providers, according to a Jan. 20 congressional report from Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.

Long hold times, crashing websites and mailing delays are aspects of a crumbling technology infrastructure that is plaguing government-supported health insurance programs, according to an NPR report. 

Payers including Anthem, Cigna and CVS Health contributed to a pool of nearly $300,000 in donations to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., following his swing vote blocking President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better spending package, according to CNBC. 

Oscar Health is expecting its premiums to have grown 80 percent year over year by the middle of the year, the payer said during an update to its 2022 outlook. 

Florida Blue parent company GuideWell finalized its acquisition of Puerto Rico-based Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate Triple-S Management Corp., according to a news release shared with Becker's.