Anthem Blue Cross originally denied a member's appeal of a $40,000 bill for a tumor removal surgery — but the payer reversed course when the patient took to TikTok to dispute the bill, CBS Chicago reported Nov. 14.
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Senior healthcare provider CareMax has acquired Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Medicare value-based care business in a cash and stock deal.
Humana is the best employer for veterans among large insurers, according to the Military Times' "Best for Vets: Employer Survey."
Security Health Plan of Wisconsin has named Mary Davis, MD, as chief medical officer.
If payer-provider disputes were a reality TV show, just a few years ago viewers would have been hard to come by.
The nearly 15,000 independent pharmacies dropped from Tricare's network could be reinstated, Military Times reported Nov. 14.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City's venture fund, Cobalt Ventures, led a $12 million funding round for Nymbl Science, a digital fall prevention company.
From a new market president at Highmark to multiple departures for venture capital firms, these are 19 recent payer executive moves reported by Becker's since Nov. 1:
Here are nine legal developments Becker's has reported since Oct. 11:
In October, Elevance Health crowned itself the largest commercial insurance company in the United States. Here's how it got there: