UnitedHealthcare moved six Mount Sinai Health System hospitals out of network Jan. 1 amid a contract dispute between the payer and New York City-based health system, according to news releases from both organizations.
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A Medicare Advantage plan jointly owned by Essence Healthcare and Stanford (Calif.) Health Care exited the California market Jan. 1, spokespeople for the organizations confirmed with Becker's.
UnitedHealth Group is suing a group of corporate entities founded by two of its former executives after they allegedly stole and used confidential information from the company to create their own competing product for diabetes management.
During an interactive session at Becker's Payer Issues Roundtable, two leaders from Medecision — Sam Abraham, senior vice president of corporate development and channel partnerships, and Terri Steinberg, MD, chief strategy officer and chief medical officer — led a discussion…
Cigna is nearing a deal to sell its Medicare Advantage business to Health Care Service Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 3.
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah has named Jim Guemple market president.
Blue Shield of California will lay off 140 employees at the end of January, according to a notice the company filed with California's economic development department Dec. 29.
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Centene will pay South Carolina $25.9 million to settle allegations the company overcharged the state's Medicaid program for pharmacy services.
UnitedHealth Group's Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the U.S., is seeking to acquire physician-owned Corvallis (Ore.) Clinic.