Darrell Gray II, MD, is the inaugural chief health equity officer at Elevance Health, where he's now spent just over one year leading a company-wide strategy to advance health equity for 45 million members.
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L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation's largest publicly operated plan, has named Sameer Amin, MD, as its next chief medical officer, effective Dec. 5.
Senate Finance Committee Democrats are pushing for tighter regulation of Medicare Advantage marketing from CMS and Congress.
More than 1 in 3 beneficiaries transition insurance 12 months before or after giving birth, a study published in JAMA Network Open Nov. 3 found.
Some payers are abandoning office spaces, while others are opening them, as remote and hybrid work modes remain a popular option for employees. Here are six payer workforce updates Becker's has reported since Sept. 4.
About 20,000 patients could be left out of network if UnitedHealthcare and Syracuse, N.Y.-based SUNY Upstate University Hospital are unable to reach a new contract before the current one expires Dec. 31, syracuse.com reported Nov. 3.
Around half of payers had a data breach incident over the past five years, a report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions found.
Kaiser Permanente's health plans often top lists for quality rankings.
UnitedHealth Group was the largest health insurer by national-level market share in 2021, according to a Nov. 1 analysis from the American Medical Association.
In late October, Pennsylvania state lawmakers sent a bill aiming to streamline the prior authorization process to the governor's desk, making it one of several states that have taken steps to reform that process this year.