As of July 19, more than 3 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid during the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision, according to KFF.
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Community Health Plan of Washington named Demetria Malloy, MD, its chief health officer and chief medical officer.
A new bill filed in the Senate July 20 aims to lift the ban on Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy.
CMS has approved proposals from California and Kentucky for community-based mobile intervention teams to provide behavioral crisis services to Medicaid enrollees.
UnitedHealth Group recently announced that Neil de Crescenzo departed his role as CEO of Optum Insight and was replaced by Roger Connor. In addition to that role, Mr. Connor is continuing to serve as executive vice president of enterprise operations…
Expensive GLP-1 drugs are just one of many factors driving up medical costs, Elevance Health CFO John Gallina said.
Elevance Health is scaling new uses for artificial intelligence.
Molina Healthcare had the highest overall prior authorization denial rates in 2019 among the seven largest Medicaid managed care organizations, according to an audit from HHS' Office of Inspector General.
Wyatt Decker, MD, who has served as Optum Health's CEO since 2019, is transitioning to the role of chief physician at UnitedHealth Group.
Patients with UnitedHealthcare plans could go out of network at Orlando (Fla.) Health if the two sides are unable to reach a new contract by July 31, the Orlando Sentinel reported July 18.