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UnitedHealth, CMS accelerate billions in provider payments | 9 national COVID-19 updates | UnitedHealth, Cigna accused of underpaying behavioral health claims | New COVID-19 peak dates in each state | Uninsured COVID-19 hospital costs could top $41B

Payer Issues E-Newsletter April 9, 2020 Upcoming Webinars â— Recent Whitepapers â— Podcasts 1. UnitedHealth fast-tracks $2B in payments to providers Full story 2. CMS will speed $34B in payments to hospitals Full story 3. National PPE stockpile…

Final Medicare Advantage rates: 5 things to know | 6 national COVID-19 updates | Blue Shield of Calif. to help hospitals get cash | Premium increases likely as pandemic costs mount: analysis | State-by-state prediction of insurance losses due to COVID-19

Payer Issues E-Newsletter April 7, 2020 Upcoming Webinars â— Recent Whitepapers â— Podcasts 1. CMS finalizes 2021 Medicare Advantage rates: 5 things to know Full story 2. White House taps 3M for 166M face masks; Fauci 'cautiously optimistic'…

13 insurers waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment | Anthem hit with federal lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud | US deaths jump 1K in 1 day | When will COVID-19 peak? A state-by-state analysis

Payer Issues E-Newsletter April 2, 2020 Upcoming Webinars â— Recent Whitepapers â— Podcasts 1. 13 insurers waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment Full story 2. US deaths jump 1K in 1 day; 2K+ ventilators in stockpile unavailable — 8 COVID-19…

UnitedHealthcare delays new ED policy | CMS makes sweeping regulatory changes: 5 outbreak updates | Humana, Cigna waive costs for COVID-19 treatment | BCBS of North Carolina gets new CEO + 14 payer exec moves

Payer Issues E-Newsletter March 31, 2020 Upcoming Webinars â— Recent Whitepapers â— Podcasts 1. UnitedHealthcare delays new ED claim policy amid COVID-19 Full story 2. CMS makes sweeping regulatory changes; COVID-19 is 3x as infectious as flu —…

Aetna drops cost-sharing for COVID-19 hospitalizations | Insurers ditch prior auths, expand telehealth coverage | US coronavirus deaths pass 1,000 | Medicaid will cover $35k COVID-19 bill, uninsured woman hopes

Payer Issues E-Newsletter March 26, 2020 Upcoming Webinars â— Recent Whitepapers â— Podcasts 1. Aetna to waive cost-sharing for COVID-19 hospitalizations Full story 2. Cigna, BCBS plan, Washington state removing prior authorization requirements Full story 3. COVID-19 deaths pass…

BCBS: Walgreens overcharges for drugs | NY to insurers: Free employed clinicians to fight pandemic | US coronavirus deaths jump 100+ | Centene CEO made $26M+ again | State rankings of COVID-19 risk, Medicaid coverage

Payer Issues E-Newsletter March 24, 2020 Upcoming Webinars â— Recent Whitepapers â— Podcasts 1. BCBS sues Walgreens, alleges 10+ years of overcharging for drugs Full story 2. Pandemic is accelerating, WHO head warns; US deaths jump 100+ in…

Coronavirus deaths by state as of 8 am CDT | US prepares for 18-month pandemic | The healthiest, unhealthiest county in each state | Highmark: Members 'returning home' after UPMC feud | 21 CMS coronavirus actions

Payer Issues E-Newsletter March 19, 2020 1. US prepares for 18-month pandemic; 52% of COVID-19 patients are younger than 55 — 7 key updates Full story 2. State-by-state breakdown of US coronavirus deaths Full story 3. COVID-19: 6…

UnitedHealth to workers: Come on-site unless sick, high-risk | Miss. hospital owner convicted in $10M billing scheme | 8 facts about the world's last pandemic | Trump expands Medicare coverage for telehealth

Payer Issues E-Newsletter March 17, 2020 1. UnitedHealth tells tens of thousands of employees to keep coming into work unless sick, high-risk Full story 2. Trump says COVID-19 outbreak may last into summer; Lockdowns begin in California Full…

UnitedHealth split knocks US Anesthesia Partners' outlook | 150M Americans may get COVID-19, federal physician says | Direct Contracting payment models: 11 key dates | 9 payer exec moves | 50 patient safety experts to know

Payer Issues E-Newsletter March 12, 2020 1. UnitedHealth split causes Moody's to change U.S. Anesthesia Partners outlook to negative Full story 2. Up to 150M Americans predicted to get COVID-19 and 8 other pandemic updates Full story 3.…

BCBS of NC wins $9.4B contract | HHS finalizes interoperability rules | BCBS of Texas to reimburse ER claims, pay $10M fine | Cleveland Clinic + Oscar: 5 updates | 10 best hospitals in the world: Newsweek

Payer Issues E-Newsletter March 10, 2020 1. BCBS of North Carolina wins $9.4B contract to manage state health plan Full story 2. HHS finalizes interoperability rules: 7 things to know Full story 3. Spread of COVID-19 could last…