Anthem, which owns Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in 14 states, plans to change its name to Elevance Health.
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Anthem filed a lawsuit March 7 against a former highly compensated president, alleging he stole trade secrets and breached agreements related to his restricted stock.
As many as 16 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage when the HHS public health emergency ends, according to a March 9 analysis by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute.
The National Committee of Quality Assurance launched a health equity resource center online to help payers and hospitals address health equity, according to a March 9 press release.
The COO of Oscar Health is resigning April 10, according to a March 7 Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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.