Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has tapped Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone for a vice president role overseeing the payer's community programs and charitable giving, CBS 5 reported Dec. 14.
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UnitedHealth Group has received multiple offers to offload its Brazil unit, Bloomberg reported Dec. 20.
Springfield (Ill.) Clinic will be back in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for the first time in more than two years, BCBS told Becker's Dec. 22.
From the continued slow start of Georgia's program to the Kansas governor's "middle of the road" proposal, here are four state Medicaid work requirement updates Becker's has reported on since Dec. 19:
Elevance Health named new leadership, planned acquisitions and settled lawsuits in 2023.
From expanding its Medicare Advantage offerings to cutting 20% of prior authorization requirements, these are the 10 most read stories about UnitedHealth Group published by Becker's in 2023:
In June, Elevance Health named Kofi Essel, MD, as its first food as medicine program director, signaling a paradigm shift within one of the country's largest healthcare organizations.
2023 was an eventful year for Medicare Advantage.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana has named Lisa Kelley as the company’s new president, effective Jan. 1.
In 2023, Aetna, like many other payers, laid off employees. The insurer also snagged a big contract in North Carolina, and had another multibillion dollar contract blocked in New York City.