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Optum closing clinics, cutting 500+ jobs | Humana CEO backs MA prior auth bill | Centene selling Fla. subsidiary | Payers owe $10.3B in risk adjustments | 42 healthcare leaders under 40

July 25, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Optum closing clinics, laying off 500+ Full story 2. Humana's CEO backs Medicare Advantage prior auth bill Full story 3. Centene selling Florida subsidiary to healthcare delivery platform Full story 4. Join leaders from…

Humana moves on Walmart clinics | 39 healthcare providers sue UnitedHealth | Molina to buy ConnectiCare | MA accounts for rising share of inpatient days | Cigna launches $9M health equity fund

July 24, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Humana taking over 23 former Walmart Health clinics Full story 2. 39 healthcare providers sue UnitedHealth over Change hack Full story 3. Molina to acquire EmblemHealth subsidiary for $350M Full story 4. Need a lay…

15 hospitals dropping MA plans | NC adds Medicaid weight loss drug coverage | 7 best payers for LGBTQ employees | Can Gen Z define deductible, copay? | The price of being a workaholic

July 23, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 15 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans Full story 2. North Carolina adds Medicaid coverage for weight loss drugs Full story 3. 7 payers among greatest workplaces for LGBTQ employees: Newsweek Full story 4. Becker's…

Why 4 physicians became payer CEOs | Insurers with best employee pay growth | Harris' healthcare policy positions | Humana backs AI-powered MA platform | 12 UnitedHealth updates

July 22, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Why these physicians became payer CEOs Full story 2. Payers ranked by employee salary growth Full story 3. How Blue Shield of California helped members lose 272K pounds Full story 4. Need a lay…

More Optum layoffs | Fla. awards more Medicaid contracts | 20 top payers for disability inclusion | AI a cost-saver for UnitedHealth, CEO says | 8 recent payer lawsuits

July 19, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. More layoffs at Optum Full story 2. In reversal, Florida awards Medicaid contracts to 3 more payers Full story 3. Sleep apnea could be key to payer coverage of weight loss drugs Full story…

UnitedHealth was 'over-optimistic' about Change recovery: CEO | Top payer employers, per Gen Z | House summons payer execs for PBM hearing | Elevance: Medicaid utilization is rising | BCBS La. restructures

July 18, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth was 'over-optimistic' about Change Healthcare restoration, CEO says Full story 2. Gen Z's top payer employers of choice Full story 3. House summons CVS, Cigna, Optum execs for PBM hearing Full story 4.…

Elevance posts $2.3B Q2 profit | UnitedHealth CEO defends MA home visits | Top Humana exec departs | RI awards Medicaid contracts | JD Vance's healthcare record: 6 notes

July 17, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth CEO defends Medicare Advantage home visits Full story 2. Elevance Health posts $2.3B profit in Q2 Full story 3. Top Humana exec departs after 3 decades Full story 4. Becker's is gathering 500+…

UnitedHealth posts $4.2B Q2 profit | Why prior auth could become an AI 'arms race' | 11 arrested at UnitedHealth protest | Change breach costs soar | 10 MA updates

July 16, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth posts $4.2B profit in Q2 Full story 2. Why prior authorization could become an AI 'arms race' Full story 3. Arrests made during protest outside UnitedHealthcare headquarters Full story 4. Don't miss the…

Centene beats Medicaid fraud suit | Elevance plans primary care partnership | BCBS and MA: 7 updates | Highmark loses 26K-member contract | 8 updates on GLP-1s

July 15, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Centene board beats $1.3B Medicaid fraud lawsuit Full story 2. Elevance Health plans primary care clinic partnership Full story 3. BCBS and Medicare Advantage: 7 updates Full story 4. Misaligned payment incentives — the…

Aetna cited in 1st No Surprises audit | MA the lynchpin in hospital-payer disputes | 14 top plans on what members want | Optum taps clinical data exec | Payers to face FTC lawsuit over PBMs

July 12, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. What do members want? 14 top-ranked plans weigh in Full story 2. CMS cites Aetna in first No Surprises Act audit Full story 3. Medicare Advantage increasingly the lynchpin in hospital-payer fights Full story…