From announcing a gold card program to filing a lawsuit over its 2027 Medicare Advantage star ratings, here are 10 updates on Centene that Becker’s has reported since Sept. 23: 1. Centene CEO Sarah London said on the company’s third-quarter…
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HR 1’s Medicaid work requirements are set to begin Jan. 1. Despite CMS rolling out a framework in June, the work requirements have been met with pushback. The requirements will apply to states that expanded Medicaid or have a similar…
The colorectal cancer (CRC) guideline-recommended screening age of 45 has intensified a screening gap—a concern in a disease that, as of 2023, has the highest cancer mortality in people younger than 50. Dr. Jordan Karlitz, gastroenterologist and senior medical officer…
Health plans, health systems and ACOs no longer lack data. Claims, pharmacy, clinical feeds, lab results, social determinants and member-reported data now arrive faster than most teams can absorb. The harder problem is knowing which signals matter early enough to…
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The share of U.S. employers covering GLP-1s for weight loss fell from 57% to 53%, the first decline in three years, according to the 2026 Best Practices in Healthcare Survey from WTW, released Oct. 28. The survey is based on…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence says it’s owed $1 billion by Medicare Advantage plans. About $600 million of it is from this year alone, according to President and CEO Erik Wexler, and he wants Congress to make payers pay faster. Mr. Wexler…
Molina Healthcare CEO Joseph Zubretsky is now the longest-tenured chief executive among big payers after David Cordani retired as CEO of Cigna on July 1, ending a nearly 17-year run in the role. Here are the CEO tenures at seven…
Medicare beneficiaries in 193 counties across 16 states will have no Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans available for general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 counties in 2026, according to an Oct. 9 KFF analysis of CMS plan landscape data. …
Five insurers lead the industry in public-facing Medicare plan shopping resources, according to an October report from Corporate Insight shared with Becker’s. The report evaluated 18 insurers’ public websites across homepage and menu navigation, Medicare product overview pages, Medicare Advantage…
Traylor Rains has been named CEO of Aetna Better Health of Oklahoma. He will lead Medicaid strategy and operations serving SoonerSelect enrollees. Mr. Rains previously served as Oklahoma Medicaid director and has held senior leadership roles with the Oklahoma Department…