Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Priority Health, the third-largest provider-sponsored health plan in the U.S., partnered with Epic's payer platform to allow real-time exchange for patient health information.
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Payers should brace for an increase in joint pain, cardiomyopathy and diabetes-related claims throughout 2022, according to a report from health insights company Prealize.
Centene has appointed Jim Murray as its chief transformation officer to lead both the payer's new Value Creation Office and its advanced behavioral health division.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its subsidiaries terminated 250 of its more than 10,000 employees after they refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the company's Jan. 4 deadline, a spokesperson told Becker's.
Boston-based eternalHealth is looking to bring a lean, tech-forward approach to the health plan landscape as Massachusetts' newest Medicare Advantage insurer since 2013.
Humana is indefinitely postponing a return to in-person work for employees around the country as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, a spokesperson told Becker's.
Managed care company Paramount Advantage said it will end its legal dispute over Ohio's $22 billion Medicaid bidding process if the state approves a deal for Anthem to buy the payer's state contract, according to the Ohio Capital Journal.
Two Anthem employees filed a lawsuit Jan. 3 alleging that the insurer refused to pay enrollment employees overtime compensation despite being required to work more than 40 hours during a week to meet quotas.
The relationship between payers and healthcare providers has always been strained. Amid COVID-19 and widespread workforce upheaval, tensions have only mounted.
Four U.S. health insurers were listed among the top 10 insurance companies in the world by net premiums written, according to a Jan. 4 AM Best report.