Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas is partnering with Huston-Tillotson University, a historically Black university in Austin, Texas, on a new program aimed at educating doulas.
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Cigna Healthcare is offering employers a supplemental benefit designed to help employees diagnosed with musculoskeletal conditions.
CVS Health said it will lay off over 500 Aetna employees in the coming weeks, and the company welcomed a new president of Aetna in September.
UnitedHealthcare and Cigna's prior authorization cuts are steps in the right direction, but the American Medical Association is "careful not to confuse positive developments with major progress," the organization's immediate past president Jack Resneck, MD, said.
A federal policy change has allowed Nevada reinstate Medicaid coverage to 114,000 residents who lost coverage because they did not return their renewal documentation.
UnitedHealth Group will move from its headquarters building in Minnetonka, Minn., to Optum's campus in Eden Prairie, Minn., in 2024, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported Sept. 18.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named the best commercial health plans of 2023 based on factors that include care quality, patient satisfaction and efforts to keep improving.
Blue Cross of Idaho has named Melissa Kizilos, MD, as chief medical officer and Leslie Carter as chief operations officer.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance awarded 24 Medicare Advantage contracts 4.5 star ratings for 2023.
Thirteen Medicaid plans in seven states received 4.5 star ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.