SCAN Group has promoted Karen Schulte to president of Medicare.
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Cigna's top lawyer, Julia Brncic, is departing to become general counsel at EverQuote, an online insurance marketplace.
UnitedHealthcare is planning to terminate its Medicaid managed care contract with Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System on Feb. 1 if the sides are unable to strike a new deal, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Jan. 17.
Over 700,000 providers and organizations are participating in one of CMS' three accountable-care programs in 2023, the agency said Jan. 17.
Highmark Wholecare has increased its Medicaid membership by nearly 25 percent since August, growing to more than 375,000 members.
Payers are shuffling office spaces and investing in programs to train new employees. Here are nine payer workforce developments Becker's has reported since Dec. 7.
At least 28 states increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for behavioral health services in 2022, or plan to in 2023, according to a report from Kaiser Family Foundation.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, said the stories he heard from clinicians in a recent listening session about the challenges prior authorizations pose were "deeply touching and I'd say disturbing as well."
The number of uninsured people in the United States is declining, with gains in coverage concentrated among young people, Latino people and American Indians/Alaska Natives, according to new data from HHS.
Many co-op insurance plans, created by the ACA, struggled to stay afloat. Montana's Mountain Health Co-op is still thriving, however, anchored by a desire for a competitive market and unique benefits, the Montana Free Press reported Jan. 16.