Author: Staff

The American Medical Association is calling on members of Congress to act on "repeated failures" of health insurers to comply with substance use and mental health parity regulations over the past 15 years. 

Lawmakers did not vote by its Jan. 31 deadline on a California Assembly bill that would establish universal healthcare in the state, killing the bill, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

Evernorth is adding mental healthcare provider Meru Health to its national network, building on a limited relationship established in 2020. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announced a tentative $28 million settlement with Vyera Pharmaceuticals and parent company Phoenixus AG following a lawsuit that accused the companies of monopolizing the Daraprim drug market. 

Nearly 350 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives cosigned a letter to CMS stating their support for Medicare Advantage as the program continues to grow. 

Charles Berg joined Cigna as its president of U.S. government business and senior advisor, effective Jan. 31. 

Both America's Health Insurance Plans and the American Hospital Association submitted comments to HHS and CMS on the agencies' 2023 benefit and payment parameters. 

A judge has again extended Anthem and Atlanta-based Northside Hospital System's network contract through a court order, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The California Assembly is poised to vote on a bill Jan. 31 that aims to create a single-payer healthcare system in the state — the bill's first major battle since a funding proposal for the program was introduced Jan. 6…

Ohio's Medicaid program is bracing for a potentially rocky onboarding of three new managed care organizations, a move that could result in millions of beneficiaries seeing coverage shifts, according to the Statehouse News Bureau.