An Anthem Blue Cross member has gone viral on TikTok again after the payer reversed course on a $40,000 cancer treatment bill, the Wednesday Journal reported Nov. 21.
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Ten providers — including HCA Healthcare and Orlando Health — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.
About 8,000 contracted providers will begin receiving notices Dec. 1 that UnitedHealthcare is moving them to a new fee schedule, according to the California Medical Association.
From CVS Health and Centene to several BCBS affiliates, this is where eight payer venture arms have recently invested:
Health Net, a subsidiary of Centene, serves more than 3 million California Medicaid, or Medi-Cal members.
Payers, along with healthcare organizations in general, should refrain from using complicated industry-speak in communications with members because it creates confusion and inequities, according to Independence Blue Cross' communications standards lead, Matthew Jakubowski.
UnitedHealth Group is adding new partnerships and striking contract deals, while its mergers and acquisitions continue to make the news.
Alabama has some of the most concentrated commercial insurance markets in the country, according to a report from the American Medical Association.
UnitedHealthcare is preparing for more members to join its ACA plans after Bright Health and Friday Health Plans have exited individual insurance markets in several states.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York and Buffalo-based Kaleida Health have signed a long-term agreement to allow Highmark’s members to have in-network access to Kaleida's facilities.