Elevance Health, Cigna and CVS Health were recognized on USA Today's inaugural list of America's Climate Leaders in 2023, which was developed with Statista and published May 23.

The United States is the most dangerous place among high-income countries to give birth, and the nation's maternal mortality rate is the highest it's been since 1965. New research from Elevance Health demonstrates how initiatives from health insurers such as obstetric consultants and value-based incentive programs can lead to improved maternal outcomes for some of the nation's most at-risk populations.

More than 30 payer CEOs direct AHIP, the trade association representing the health insurance industry. 

Eight payers were named May 23 in Points of Light's 11th annual "Civic 50 honorees," a national standard for corporate citizenship and how companies use their time, skills and resources to drive social impact in their communities and company. 

UnitedHealth Group has the highest stock price per share on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, it's the 10th heaviest-weighted stock on the S&P 500, and it's the largest healthcare company in the nation by market cap and revenue — the Minnesota-based healthcare giant achieved this through strategic vision and capital management, CNBC reported May 20.

Payers are putting artificial intelligence to work. 

Member engagement is essential to a positive patient payment experience, while also ensuring that healthcare organizations get reimbursed in full for the services that are provided. 

Member engagement is essential to a positive patient payment experience and to health plans' ability to retain members throughout their health and life journeys.

Payers have been upping investments in health equity, adding health equity executives to C-suites and adding equity requirements to contracts with providers. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health says its biggest opportunity for growth is its insurance plan, SelectHealth, which will offer Medicare Advantage and individual plans on the Colorado exchange for 2024, pending regulatory approvals.

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch is among the likes of Elon Musk, President Joe Biden and Beyonce on Time's list of the 100 most influential people for 2023. 

Twelve executives make up CVS Health's leadership team. Here is more information about those executives, according to the company's website: 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' former president and CEO, Andrew Dreyfus, has launched a course at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health that revolves around a central question: Can health insurers be good?

Education is the biggest challenge to overcome in ensuring Medicaid members keep their insurance as continuous coverage requirements end, MetroPlusHealth COO Lila Benayoun says. 

The Cigna Group's board of directors includes leaders from healthcare, technology, government and other industries. 

CVS Health's board of directors includes current and former leaders from healthcare, government and business. 

Humana's board of directors is made up of leaders from healthcare, technology, higher education and other industries. 

CMS is in the process of creating a "universal foundation" of quality measures, setting the stage for the first time the federal government has tracked social determinants of health across all of its healthcare programs.

Oscar Health named former Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini its next chief executive, effective April 3. Here is more information about Mr. Bertolini and the other executives that make up the insurtech company's leadership team according to the company's website and their LinkedIn pages: 

It’s been three years since the federal government declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) in response to COVID-19 that provided critical support and healthcare for families across the country. Part of ensuring healthcare coverage for as many Americans as possible included allowing all Medicaid members to stay enrolled in their plans regardless of changes in eligibility or status. That is about to change as states will begin redetermining Medicaid eligibility for all members.