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More MA plans snag 5 stars | The payer eyeing Walmart's clinics | Layoffs at AmeriHealth Caritas | Ore. expands Medicaid | Biden to Ozempic maker: 'Stop ripping off' Americans

July 3, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 7 Medicare Advantage plans snag 5-star ratings after CMS redo Full story 2. Humana among potential buyers of Walmart clinics: Report Full story 3. AmeriHealth Caritas lays off 102 Full story 4. SDOH data…

Ex-BCBS worker wins COVID vaccine case | UnitedHealth, Trinity split in 6 states | Top insurers for customer experience: Forrester | Kaiser lays off 51 | 10 key MA updates in '24

July 2, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Terminated BCBS Tennessee employee wins COVID vaccine mandate case Full story 2. UnitedHealthcare, Trinity hospitals split in 6 states Full story 3. Top-ranked health insurers for customer experience in 2024: Forrester Full story 4.…

UnitedHealth, Amedisys reach divestiture deal | Humana's new CEO takes over | What Chevron ruling means for healthcare | Optum agrees to $20M opioid settlement | BCBS plan reduces prior auth

July 1, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth, Amedisys reach clinic divestiture deal Full story 2. Humana's new CEO takes the reins Full story 3. How the Supreme Court's Chevron deference ruling could affect healthcare Full story 4. University Hospitals is…

Optum scraps Steward deal | 5 highest-paying states for health execs | 17 payers' top priorities | NY system drops Humana MA | Ascension to pull Texas plans

June 28, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 17 payer executives' top priorities for the 2nd half of 2024 Full story 2. Optum backs out of Steward deal Full story 3. 5 highest paying states for healthcare executives Full story 4. When…

How a NY payer avoids MA hospital tensions | Lawmakers to consider GLP-1 Medicare coverage | Del. drops MA for retirees | Startup payer raises $165M | 10 key UnitedHealth updates

June 27, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. How a New York payer has avoided Medicare Advantage tensions with hospitals Full story 2. 10 key UnitedHealth Group updates from the 1st half of 2024 Full story 3. 1 state to drop Medicare…

MA plans need tougher AI rules: Lawmakers | BCBS and GLP-1s: 5 updates | Best payers to work for: US News | Hospital limits hiring after Change hack | The policies states still want after Medicaid unwinding

June 26, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Tougher rules needed for Medicare Advantage AI, 51 lawmakers say Full story 2. BCBS and weight loss drugs: 5 updates Full story 3. 6 payers among best companies to work for, per US News…

SCOTUS rejects $2.7B BCBS settlement challenge | Optum's Calif. president departs | Teva launches first generic GLP-1 | Inside Blue Shield Calif.'s new state contract | 8 MA updates

June 25, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Supreme Court rejects challenge to $2.7B BCBS settlement Full story 2. Why Blue Shield of California, Included Health put $464M on the line with state contract Full story 3. Optum's California president departs for…

Blue Shield Calif. fires top exec | Court upholds ACA preventive care mandate | Fitch: Medicaid headwinds likely short-term | Risant to acquire Cone Health, MA plan | 10 recent billing fraud cases

June 24, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Blue Shield of California fires executive over alleged false credentials Full story 2. Court keeps ACA preventive care mandate in place Full story 3. Fitch: Medicaid pressures likely short-term Full story 4. Top-performing payers turn…

Change issues data breach notices | NY fines UnitedHealth $1M | Texas payer warns of closure | Cigna names chief finance exec | US uninsured rate to rise: CBO

June 21, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Change initiates data breach notices Full story 2. UnitedHealth to pay $1M to New York for failing to cover contraceptives Full story 3. 10 states where Medicaid redeterminations will continue past June Full story…

Priority Health to buy Ind. payer | 7 state contract shakeups | 3 Qs for the future of the individual market | Texas physician convicted in $70M fraud scheme | 40 things to know about CVS Health

June 20, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 7 state, federal health plan contract shakeups Full story 2. Priority Health to purchase Indiana payer Full story 3. 40 things to know about CVS Health Full story 4. Next up for MedStar Health: Building…