CMS is upping its proposed number of non-standard ACA plans payers can offer in each region from two to four.
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Reduced Medicare and Medicaid payments are having more physicians considering reducing those patient bases, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.
CMS is allowing states to apply for new waivers that will allow their Medicaid programs to cover services to assist inmates prior to their exit from carceral facilities.
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health says its biggest opportunity for growth is its insurance plan, SelectHealth, which will offer Medicare Advantage and individual plans on the Colorado exchange for 2024, pending regulatory approvals.
CVS Health has named Brian Kane as executive vice president and president of Aetna, effective September 1.
Many ACA individual plan members incur same-day costs for preventive services, a study in Health Affairs found.
UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage numbers keep growing, and CMS issued new regulations to simplify prior authorizations and crack down on misleading marketing in the program.
Clover Health laid off around 10 percent of its workforce as part of a broader restructuring effort toward profitability.
In a recent survey of consumers, 66 percent of participants indicated that access to more accurate provider information would increase their trust in their health plan.
UnitedHealthcare's plans to implement a gold-card program in 2024 might cut another 10 percent of its prior authorization volumes on top of a 20 percent reduction that will roll out this summer, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson said during UnitedHealth Group's…