A federal judge in Washington state has granted a class action against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois that accuses the payer of denying gender-affirming care coverage under a self-funded health plan, thereby violating the anti-discrimination provision of the ACA.
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Centene delivered "unacceptable" performance for its Medicaid managed care contract for Illinois foster youth, an investigation from the Illinois Answers Project published in the Chicago Sun-Times found.
CDPHP and St. Peter's Health Partners are taking shots at each other during routine contract negotiations — but despite the bad blood, both sides say they anticipate reaching an agreement by the end of the year, WAMC reported Nov. 11.
Here are six payer merger and acquisition updates Becker's has reported since Oct. 17.
Dec. 31 deadlines are looming for some payer-provider contracts, while other disputes are dragging on and leaving patients out of network. Here are five updates on ongoing contract negotiations:
Aetna is partnering with Crossover Health to bring in-person and virtual value-based primary care to employer-sponsored health plans in the Seattle area.
Several payers are among the more than 100 healthcare organizations signing on to the White House and HHS' Health Sector Climate Pledge.
The nation's largest payers each expanded their Medicare Advantage offerings into hundreds more counties in 2023, according to a Nov. 10 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
UnitedHealthcare has named Emil Hill as senior vice president of communications, government programs.
South Dakota voters approved a measure to expand the state's Medicaid program under the ACA, but a slow rollout could occur, a Georgetown professor told Kaiser Health News Nov. 10.