Payers often lack information on members' race and ethnicity that can help to address underlying causes of health disparities and provide cost-effective coverage to members, according to Managed Healthcare.
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Vermont state officials say 5,000 UnitedHealthcare members are at risk of losing coverage within the University of Vermont Medicine Health Network, up from the 3,000 estimated earlier this month, according to VTDigger.
From offering mental health services to all members to enhancing internal workflows through data management, here are eight recent partnerships between payers and other companies:
Wilton, Conn.-based Employee Benefit Solutions CFO Erin Verespy has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for her role in a $33 million fraud scheme.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi is expected to drop University of Mississippi Medical Center hospitals, clinics and physicians from its network April 1 following a contract dispute.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama has named Noel Carden senior vice president and CFO and Mark Manderson as vice president of treasury operations, according to This Is Alabama.
Georgia's insurance commissioner has fined Blue Cross Blue Shield $5 million for violations of state laws and agency rules and regulations, the commissioner's office said March 29.
Three payers are partnering with Boston-based Bicycle Health to offer opioid use treatments under Medicaid managed care plans.
UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit has agreed to buy Lafayette, La.-based home-health firm LHC.
A lawsuit filed March 25 claims that Cigna failed to reimburse claims for medically necessary chiropractic and physical therapy treatments.