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UnitedHealth: 2020 revenues to top $260B | Highmark CEO to chair BCBSA board | Booker: Payers must fix bias in algorithms | Mich. insurer alerts members of phishing attack

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 3, 2019 1. UnitedHealth says revenues will top $260B in 2020 Full story 2. Highmark CEO to chair BCBSA board Full story 3. New York hospital closes campus Full story 4. How to streamline…

Best Buy's healthcare strategy: Get insurers to pay | Anthem racks up fines in Calif. | Boston Heart resolves kickback claims | CVS to buy Centene plan | OIG: Medicare overpaid hospitals $502M

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 2, 2019 1. Best Buy's healthcare strategy: Get insurers to pay Full story 2. Passport, a 20-year managed Medicaid veteran in Kentucky, loses out on $8B contract Full story 3. California fined Anthem nearly…

CMS opens primary care model applications | Calif. surgeon sentenced in $580M billing scheme | UnitedHealth: 10 updates | BCBS of Mass. expands digital therapy offering

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 27, 2019 1. CMS accepting applications for primary care payment models Full story 2. California surgeon gets prison time for role in $580M billing fraud scheme Full story 3. Partners rebrands to Mass General…

Florida Blue threatens to remove hospital chain from network | Aetna may sell workers' comp unit | US sees earliest flu season in decade | 23 exec moves | Errors riddle new $11M Medicare cost tool

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 26, 2019 1. CVS Health mulls sale of Aetna's workers' comp division Full story 2. Brigham Young University-Idaho reverses decision to reject Medicaid coverage for students Full story 3. CMS spent $11M on a…

UnitedHealth Medicare centers coming to Walgreens | 29 best-managed healthcare companies | SF hospital failed CMS reinspection after patient abuse scandal | ProMedica stops Medicaid enrollment

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 25, 2019 1. UnitedHealth to open Medicare centers in Walgreens stores Full story 2. Cigna CEO: Future acquisitions a possibility Full story 3. 2 physician payment model advisers abruptly resign from MACRA committee Full…

Walmart to use UnitedHealth services in telehealth pilot | 10 states with highest deductibles | Humana saved $3.5B under programs that lowered hospital use | Seattle Children's knew of mold issues last year, emails say

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 21, 2019 1. Walmart to use UnitedHealth-owned services in 3-state telehealth pilot Full story 2. Seattle Children's knew of mold issues last year, emails reveal Full story 3. New CMS transparency rule looks like…

Anthem sues for $100M in federal payments | Seattle Children's CEO discloses 6 patient deaths linked to mold | Medicare improper payments down $7B | CMS withdraws Medicaid block grant guidance

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 20, 2019 1. Anthem plans sue for $100M in federal payments Full story 2. 'Simply put, we failed': Seattle Children's CEO discloses 6 patient deaths linked to mold Full story 3. Medicare improper payments…

Payer stocks rally as 'Medicare for All' threat wanes | BCBS bets $20M on digital health management startup | Ex-CEO faces 20-year Medicare ban for billing fraud | 10 payer exec moves

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 19, 2019 1. Health insurance stocks rally as 'Medicare for All' threat weakens Full story 2. Cardiologist sues for $20M after New York hospital blocks admitting privileges Full story 3. BCBS venture arm leads…

BCBSA's new national network: 4 notes | CMS finalizes price transparency rule, targets Medicare Advantage overcharges | HealthPartners cuts 75 jobs as Medicare revenue declines | Harvard Pilgrim's net income falls more than 50%

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 18, 2019 1. CMS finalizes hospital price transparency rule: 6 things to know Full story 2. BCBS plans debut national provider network: 4 things to know Full story 3. CMS unveils plans to resolve…

Steward Health to spin off health plan | MD Anderson: Patient CMS reported dead is still alive | Humana partners with another EHR | Medicaid providers may face new reporting rules

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 14, 2019 1. Steward Health Care to spin off health plan Full story 2. MD Anderson says patient CMS reported dead is still alive Full story 3. Humana VP joins Tenet Full story 4.…