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A looming MA 'lobbying blitz' | Elevance launches new primary care business | States ranked by GLP-1 coverage rates | 7 payers cutting prior auth | 11 UnitedHealth updates

August 14, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Payers plan Medicare Advantage 'lobbying blitz' Full story 2. Elevance Health picks leaders, name for $4B primary care venture Full story 3. Insurance coverage of weight loss drugs, state by state Full story 4.…

The politics of ACA ambiguity | MA penetration by state | Payers ranked by Q2 MLRs | How BCBS Mich. became a tech leader | Why Kaiser has Target clinics

August 13, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Trump, Harris tread in ACA ambiguity Full story 2. Medicare Advantage penetration by state in 2024 Full story 3. Payers ranked by Q2 MLRs Full story 4. Protect your organization from cyberattacks, internal threats and…

UnitedHealth embraces consumerism | Payers ranked by Q2 profits | Medicare telehealth in limbo | MA plans with worst prior auth denial rates | Best, worst states to live in

August 12, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealthcare embraces consumerism Full story 2. Payers ranked by Q2 profits Full story 3. Medicare Advantage insurers ranked by prior authorization denial rates Full story 4. Protect your data. Innovate with AI. Replace human…

Is the 2-midnight rule costing payers? | Hospitals make MA missteps, too: Jain | Payers pledge PBM defense | Overused healthcare buzzwords, per execs | GLP-1s increasing ACA premiums

August 9, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Is the two-midnight rule costing payers? It depends who you ask Full story 2. Payers pledge defense of their PBMs Full story 3. Where health systems are going wrong with Medicare Advantage Full story…

CVS issues MA warning | Fla. Blue parent closing clinics | States that cover GLP-1s for employees | Calif. payer reduces prior auth | Elevance's global CIO departs

August 8, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CVS: Second half of 2024 could be even worse for Medicare Advantage Full story 2. These 16 states cover weight loss drugs for their employees Full story 3. Florida Blue parent closing clinics, laying off…

Aetna president out | Centene exiting 6 MA markets | BCBS SC selling care group to Novant | Clover turns 1st profit | BCBS La. rebrands

August 7, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Aetna president out after disappointing financial results Full story 2. Centene exiting 6 Medicare Advantage markets Full story 3. Novant to buy 200-provider group from BCBS South Carolina Full story 4. Seeking a healthcare…

UnitedHealth sues Minn. over Medicaid law | VP pick Walz on healthcare: 8 notes | Uninsured rates creep up | 7 payers on Fortune's Global 500 | Humana CEO: MA plans can work better with CMS

August 6, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth sues Minnesota over law banning for-profit Medicaid insurers Full story 2. Tim Walz on healthcare: 8 things to know Full story 3. Humana CEO: Medicare Advantage plans can work better with CMS Full…

This is dire': Texas systems could lose health plans | WSJ: Insurers made $15B off home visits | DOJ offers rewards to healthcare whistleblowers | 12 execs who have left Optum | 2 million enroll in Cigna's GLP-1 program

August 5, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Medicare Advantage plans collect billions through home visits: WSJ Full story 2. 'This is dire': Texas systems face losing their health plans Full story 3. Cigna's GLP-1 program enrolls 2 million Full story 4.…

Humana: 2-midnight rule raising costs | Cuban's big warning for employers | ICHRA a 'niche' market: Cigna | CMS finalizes 4 payment rules | 12 recent payer CEO moves

August 2, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Humana: 2-midnight rule driving up inpatient costs Full story 2. ICHRA a 'niche' market: Cigna Full story 3. Mark Cuban's big warning for employers Full story 4. Need a lay of the land on…

Cigna posts $1.5B Q2 profit | UnitedHealth launching gold card program | Humana expects decline in MA members | Wells Fargo sued over drug costs | 22 payer exec moves in July

August 1, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealthcare launching national gold-card program Full story 2. Cigna posts $1.5B profit in Q2 Full story 3. Humana expects Medicare Advantage membership to decline by 'a few hundred thousand' Full story 4. Payers are…