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Walmart Health shutters | HEDIS reporting delayed | Molina eyes M&A | CVS, Cigna lean into biosimilars | Health system, payer CEO salaries ranked

April 30, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Walmart Health to close all 51 health clinics, virtual care Full story 2. Texas sent competitors' Medicaid bids to Aetna too early: Report Full story 3. CMS, NCQA delay health plan quality reporting following…

Calif. eyes single-payer again | States ranked by Ozempic demand | 6 execs that have left Optum | How the payer workforce will evolve | 12 UnitedHealth updates

April 29, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. California lawmakers trying again for single-payer Full story 2. States ranked by Ozempic demand Full story 3. 6 top execs that have recently left Optum Full story 4. 3 key barriers are hurting value-based…

Kaiser alerts 13M members of data breach | Centene posts $1.2B Q1 profit | State AGs decry Change's hack response | Payers ranked by CEO-to-worker pay | Weight loss drugs help drive 13.5% increase in pharma costs

April 26, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Kaiser notifies 13 million health plan members of data breach Full story 2. Centene posts $1.2B profit in Q1 Full story 3. 22 state AGs: UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare hack response inadequate Full story 4.…

Optum Virtual Care shutting down | Humana to exit MA markets | Payers ranked by CEO-to-worker pay | UPMC lays off nearly 1,000 | 25 best payers for diversity

April 25, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Optum shutting down telehealth business Full story 2. Humana plans to leave some Medicare Advantage markets in 2025 Full story 3. Payers ranked by total workforce Full story 4. Discover the future of member…

Highest-paid payer CEOs | UnitedHealth pays hackers | Humana posts $741M Q1 profit | Calif. hospitals sue Anthem | 5 MA updates

April 24, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Highest-paid payer CEOs in 2023 Full story 2. UnitedHealth paid ransom for patient data Full story 3. Humana posts $741M profit in Q1 Full story 4. Discover a quicker process for medical necessity status…

UnitedHealth's top-earning execs | Analysts not ruling out Cigna-Humana deal | CMS finalizes Medicaid managed care rule | Feds to probe integrated Part D-PBMs | Cardinal, OptumRx split

April 23, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth Group's 5 highest-earning executives in 2023 Full story 2. Analysts not ruling out Cigna, Humana merger Full story 3. Change Healthcare: Hack affects a 'substantial proportion of people in America' Full story 4.…

Optum enacts layoffs | Elevance awarded $400M behavioral contract | 80% of Change systems restored | Calif. hospital to lose Medicare contract | 2 payers among LinkedIn's best workplaces

April 22, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Optum enacts layoffs, workers say Full story 2. 80% of Change Healthcare restored after cyberattack Full story 3. Elevance awarded $400M California youth behavioral contract Full story 4. Current care management, in a word:…

Elevance details new $4B primary care arm | Texas shakes up Medicaid contracts | Court revives UnitedHealth mental health parity suit | Feds launch antitrust reporting portal | The rise of 'social prescribing'

April 19, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Elevance Health's new $4B primary care venture: 5 things to know Full story 2. Texas Medicaid shake-up could force 1.8 million to switch plans Full story 3. Court revives lawsuit challenging UnitedHealthcare's mental health…

Elevance posts $2.2B Q1 profit | UnitedHealth owning Change helps US, says CEO | Pa. systems sue Aetna | Best healthcare cos. for career growth | Miss. weighs state-based exchange

April 18, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Elevance Health posts $2.2B profit in Q1 Full story 2. UnitedHealth CEO: Owning Change Healthcare 'important for the country' Full story 3. Hackers start selling Change Healthcare data Full story 4. Defying capacity odds:…

Lawmakers blast UnitedHealth | Man charged in $70M Medicare fraud scheme | Inside Blue Shield of Calif.'s virtual plan | UnitedHealth: MA costs stabilizing | 100 top hospitals: Fortune

April 17, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Lawmakers express fury toward UnitedHealth in first Change attack hearing Full story 2. Some Blues plans not reconnecting to Change Healthcare, BCBS Association says Full story 3. Man charged in $70M Medicare fraud scheme Full…