Some payers are conducting layoffs, while others are looking to the tech sector to find new hires. Here are eight payer workforce developments Becker's has reported since Nov. 11.
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Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health could go out of network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas if a new contract is not in effect by Feb. 1, the Abilene Reporter-News reported Dec. 6.
Eleven states will provide government health benefits to children without permanent legal status in 2023, Stateline reported Dec. 6.
Oscar Health has appointed Sanford Health CEO Bill Gassen to its board of directors.
At the first Becker’s Payer Issues Roundtable event on November 7-8, a leadership panel discussed payers’ top priorities.
CMS' Dec. 6 proposal to improve the prior authorization process was met positively from groups ranging from America's Health Insurance Plans to the Medical Group Management Association.
Payment fraud can seem like an existential threat to payers. The reality is that healthcare payments are a constant target for payment fraud, and payers drive many of the transactions that are the most valuable to fraudsters, including claim payments…
CMS issued a proposed rule that it says will streamline the prior authorization process and estimates the efficiencies introduced in the proposal would save hospitals and physician practices more than $15 billion over a 10-year period.
When Cleveland Clinic said it would begin billing for certain Epic MyChart messages this November, it set off a fiery debate across the healthcare industry around hospital finances, patient access and physician burnout.
Centene will pay Oregon $17 million to settle allegations the payer overcharged the state's Medicaid program for pharmaceutical services, the Oregon Justice Department said Dec. 6.