Author: Staff

The Green Mountain Care Board is urging the Burlington-based University of Vermont Medicine Health Network to sort out its contract dispute with UnitedHealthcare, which could leave about 2,900 patients at UVM and its affiliates without coverage, VTDigger reported March 8.

Centene Corp.'s Indiana subsidiary has been chosen by the Indiana Department of Administration to continue serving its health plan with Medicaid and Medicare managed care services for four years.

The Supreme Court denied Optum's bid to drop a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company worked with Aetna and used "dummy code" to make administrative fees appear to be billable medical charges. 

Joseph B. Sobel, MD, has been named the chief medical officer for Cigna's Medicare business after joining the company a month ago, according to a March 8 news release.

The AMA has historically been against single-payer healthcare, but an increase in support for the policy among medical students may mean it will have to change its stance before too long, The New Yorker reported Feb. 22.

UnitedHealthcare is rolling out a new obstetrical ultrasound policy for commercial members starting June 1, the payer said March 1.  

A handful of payers were flagged by HHS' Office of the Inspector General in the last six months for coding or reimbursement errors. 

Ten providers — including University of Chicago Medicine, Penn Medicine and Hartford Healthcare — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations. 

America's Health Insurance Plans and the Alliance of Community Health Plans have commented on the proposed 2023 changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D programs. 

A man is suing Aetna Life Insurance in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that its denials of lumbar artificial disc replacement surgery violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to court documents obtained…