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UnitedHealth: 50 states, ranked by health | BCBS of Mass. integrates with PillPack | Why Anthem doesn't want to own physician practices | Best places to work in healthcare: Glassdoor

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 12, 2019 1. America's Health Rankings: How all 50 states fared Full story 2. Cigna in talks to sell $6B group insurance unit to New York Life Full story 3. BCBS of Massachusetts integrates…

UnitedHealth to buy pharmacy | Humana execs offload shares | $12B ACA case before SCOTUS | Dignity, Cigna hit contract gridlock | BCBS of RI debuts 1st outpatient joint bundles

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 10, 2019 1. UnitedHealth to acquire struggling specialty pharmacy Full story 2. Supreme Court to hear $12B ACA payment case Full story 3. Humana accidentally auto-billed 25,000 members for 100 times their owed fees…

Anthem payments can't keep up with costs, Ky. hospital CEO says | 4 things to know about Optum's 'city by city' strategy | BCBS: Tenn. hospital used 'suspicious' billing tactics | Hospitals sue to block price transparency rule

Payer Issues E-Newsletter December 5, 2019 1. Optum's 'city by city' healthcare strategy: 4 things to know Full story 2. Hospital groups sue HHS to block price transparency rule Full story 3. Kentucky hospital CEO: Revenue from Anthem…

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…