Provisions outlined in President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act could reduce employer-sponsored premiums by 1.1 percent on average annually, totaling $111 billion in savings over the next 10 years, according to a Dec. 9 Urban Institute analysis.
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The Defense Department issued Optum a $172 million contract modification for its indefinite-delivery bridge contract, according to a Dec. 13 news release.
Managed care organizations are being asked to prioritize social determinants of health through state Medicaid contracts, according to a Together for Better Medicaid report shared with Becker's.
Centene CEO Michael Neidorff is retiring in 2022, ending a 25-year tenure leading the company.
Vermont's Department of Financial Regulation issued an emergency rule Dec. 8 that requires payers to fully cover over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen tests without cost-sharing, according to The Center Square.
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Artificial intelligence is woven across Humana, from finding value to training employees, Slawek Kierner, Humana's chief data and analytics officer, said during an AI Summit panel discussion, according to InformationWeek.
On the heels of a legal victory out of a Nevada courtroom, TeamHealth CEO Leif Murphy told Becker's that he is both proud of a decisive win against UnitedHealthcare and wary that the company's remaining lawsuits against the payer won't…
Centene is considering divesting "strategic alternatives" for "non-core assets," including its international ventures, in an effort to streamline its business portfolio, according to a Dec. 10 news release.
Employer-sponsored health costs rose 6.3 percent on average in 2021, nearly doubling 2020's average increase and raising questions about what 2022 may bring, according to a Dec. 13 Mercer report.
Here are 79 C-level payer executives who entered or left leadership since Jan. 1, 2021, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review: