Managed healthcare and health insurance company Centene signed an agreement to sell Circle Health Group, an operator of 53 U.K. hospitals, for $1.2 billion.
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Nearly three weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfires in more than a century, health insurers are suspending prior authorization requirements and coordinating access to care for residents across Hawaii.
The nation's largest health insurers are no longer just insurers — nearly all have restructured and grown into health services giants capable of paying for care and providing it too.
Many Medicare Advantage beneficiaries disenroll from their plans within five years of enrolling, a study published Aug. 25 in JAMA Health Forum found.
Few consumers have heard the term value-based care, a survey from EmblemHealth found.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC's insurance services division grew membership 11 percent in the first six months of 2023 compared to the same period last year, but operating income declined by $74 million.
As more employers switch to offering healthcare benefits to retired employees through Medicare Advantage, lawmakers are eyeing legislation to require employers to offer retirees a choice between traditional Medicare and MA.
Health systems have considered dropping Medicare Advantage plans, and insurers are making efforts to cut back on prior authorizations in the program.
A judge sided with retirees opposed to the implementation of New York City's plan to switch 250,000 retired city employees from traditional Medicare to Medicare Advantage.
Anonymous employees with Texas HHS have filed a whistleblower complaint against the agency over "numerous and growing system issues" they say are leading to incorrectly terminated health coverage during the Medicaid redeterminations process, according to an Aug. 24 Nexstar report.