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UnitedHealth seeks to block shareholder proposals | Federal Medicaid work requirement bill introduced | Former Humana CEO to advise AI firm | Mass. lawmakers eye single payer again | Elevance's food-as-medicine roadmap

February 10, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth asks regulators to exclude shareholder proposals on prior authorizations, denied claims Full story 2. Former Humana CEO named board advisor for AI health company Full story 3. Federal Medicaid work requirement bill introduced:…

Elevance to buy Google parent's health unit | The prior auth reform push continues | Inside UPMC's Medicaid contingency plan | Payers ranked by digital activity | Single payer bill advances in Colo.

February 7, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. Elevance to buy Google parent's insurance business Full story 2. The prior authorization reform push continues Full story 3. 'A scary time right now': Inside UPMC's Medicaid contingency plan Full story 4. Banner|Aetna, Cigna…

UnitedHealth reports investor to SEC | Musk's DOGE probes CMS | Cigna settles COVID testing lawsuit | Humana to sell Ky. tower | 10 best payer tools: KLAS

February 6, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth reports investor who suggested SEC investigate profits Full story 2. DOGE probes CMS for Medicare, Medicaid fraud: WSJ Full story 3. The 10 best payer tools, per KLAS Full story 4. What's ahead…

Cigna links exec pay to member satisfaction | Oscar taps Kaiser leader as president | Centene: Redeterminations 'era' is over | Judge upholds vaccine verdict against BCBS Tenn. | 10 UnitedHealth updates

February 5, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. Cigna links executive pay to customer satisfaction: 5 notes Full story 2. Oscar taps Kaiser leader as insurance president, posts first annual profit Full story 3. Judge upholds court win for BCBS Tennessee employee…

RFK Jr. clears 1st nomination hurdle | Centene posts $3.3B profit in '24 | Musk's DOGE sets sights on Medicaid | Moody's: Negative outlook for insurers | More GLP-1 adherence questions

February 4, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. RFK Jr. clears first HHS nomination hurdle Full story 2. Centene posts $3.3B profit in 2024 Full story 3. Musk's DOGE sets sights on Medicaid: New York Times Full story 4. Genetic testing delays…

MA plans ranked by prior auth denials | 5 recent UnitedHealth settlements | Judge partially dismisses J&J benefits lawsuit | Cigna's MA sale on track for Q1 close | 13 BCBS updates

February 3, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. Medicare Advantage insurers ranked by prior authorization denial rates Full story 2. Executive moves, acquisitions and more: 13 BCBS updates Full story 3. 5 recent UnitedHealth settlements Full story 4. Resolving the tug-of-war between virtual…

Aetna, Centene, Blue Shield Calif. launch joint payment model | Cigna to spend $150M on patient experience | States ranked by ACA claim denial rates | States renew push for Medicaid work rules | 7 MA updates

January 31, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. Aetna, Centene, Blue Shield launch 'single payment' primary care model in California Full story 2. Cigna to spend $150M on patient experience: 10 notes Full story 3. States ranked by average ACA claim denial…

Cigna profits decline | UnitedHealthcare settles cancer therapy lawsuits | RFK Jr.'s first hearing for HHS job: 7 notes | World's most admired healthcare companies | Best healthcare jobs in '25

January 30, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. Cigna posts $3.4 billion profit in 2024 Full story 2. UnitedHealthcare settles proton beam therapy coverage lawsuits Full story 3. RFK Jr.'s first HHS confirmation hearing: 7 healthcare takeaways Full story 4. CFOs know:…

ACA insurers ranked by denial rates | Medicaid 'outage': The latest | MA prior auth rates keep rising | UnitedHealth cuts more office space | 9 drugs in shortage

January 29, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. Medicaid 'outage' raises questions: The latest Full story 2. ACA insurers ranked by claim denial rates Full story 3. Medicare Advantage prior authorization rates keep climbing: 10 things to know Full story 4. Automate…

GuideWell layoffs in 29 states | Judge OKs UnitedHealth's $69M 401(k) settlement | Ind. eyes prior auth reform | Medicaid challenges persist | Unrelenting 'cost surge' at BCBS Vt.

January 28, 2025 BHR Newsletter 1. Judge gives initial OK to UnitedHealth's $69M 401(k) settlement Full story 2. Florida Blue parent to cut staff across 29 states Full story 3. Indiana bill puts prior authorization in the crosshairs Full story…