Two large insurers based in Oakland, Calif., are implementing tougher security measures in response to rising crime in the city's downtown, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Jan. 26.
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Two lawmakers are asking CMS to do more to curb overpayments to the Medicare Advantage program.
Though Medicare Advantage enrollment keeps climbing, the program may not have the profitability it once did for insurers.
Cigna's Evernorth has sold seven outpatient imaging centers in Phoenix to diagnostic imaging provider RadNet for an undisclosed amount.
North Carolina's State Health Plan will not cover existing prescriptions for weight-loss drugs past April 1, WECT reported Jan. 26.
New Jersey has signed the nation's most comprehensive prior authorization reform bill into law.
CMS is seeking input on improving transparency in the Medicare Advantage program.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's legal challenge to win back the state health plan contract it lost to Aetna can continue, the News and Observer reported Jan. 24.
Humana has named David Dintenfass as president of enterprise growth, a new role responsible for growing and retaining customers.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is pausing a controversial policy that went into effect Jan. 1 that limited coverage for the use of monitored anesthesia for certain gastrointestinal patients undergoing endoscopic, bronchoscopic or interventional pain procedures, including colonoscopies.