Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has named Simmi Singh as chief people officer and executive vice president.
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Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent customers from incurring extra out-of-pocket costs if their insurer goes bankrupt in the middle of the year.
Thirteen states provide doula coverage through their Medicaid programs, and another 12 are in the process of implementing coverage, according to a report from the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute.
Mississippi lawmakers have introduced a bill that would expand Medicaid for an estimated 250,000 residents, ABC affiliate WAPT reported Feb. 19.
CMS needs to do more to account for rising utilization rates in Medicare Advantage, the Better Medicare Alliance argued.
Nearly 17 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid since April 2023.
Medicare Advantage enrollees received less intensive postacute care than their counterparts in traditional Medicare, but did not have a significant change in short-term outcomes, a study published Feb. 16 in JAMA Health Forum found.
From canceled acquisitions to contract challenges in court, these are five key updates about Blue Cross Blue Shield companies reported by Becker's in 2024:
Technology modernization and the alignment of investments with organizational goals, along with picking the right vendor to partner with, are top of mind for payer executives in 2024, according to a Jan. 30 survey published by digital solutions firm HealthEdge.
With fewer employees spending five days a week in-office, two of the nation's largest insurers are consolidating their headquarters.