Medicaid beneficiaries say communicating with the agency is difficult, and the reapplication process is confusing and cumbersome.
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Health consumer engagement company Icario is launching a Medicaid redetermination service, designed at streamlining the re-enrollment process with many Medicaid beneficiaries set to lose coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.
A new master's program at the Fayetteville-based University of Arkansas has been named after former Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Robert Shoptaw.
Forty-three percent of working adults in the U.S. are inadequately insured, according to a Sept. 29 Commonwealth Fund report.
Health insurers have responded to Hurricane Ian by authorizing prescription refills, waiving prior authorizations, and adding emergency resources and support.
Centene will pay $14.2 million to Massachusetts, the latest state the Medicaid managed care organization has paid to settle allegations it overbilled state Medicaid programs for pharmacy services, Kaiser Health News reported Sept. 29.
BayCare will stay in-network with Florida Blue, reaching an agreement days before the organizations in-network contracts were set to expire, BayCare said Sept. 28.
Blue Health Intelligence, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's data analysis affiliate, has named Divya Srungaram as vice president of product management.
Cambia Health Solutions has named Tracy Wiese as chief marketing officer.
MetroPlusHealth has named Erin Drinkwater as its first chief of government relations and strategic partnerships.