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MA benefits face the chopping block | Payer M&A derails | 5 prior auth updates | Cuban opens shop for hospitals | 6 Ozempic updates

February 15, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Two big payer deals break up Full story 2. Will insurers cut back on Medicare Advantage extras? Full story 3. 5 prior authorization updates Full story 4. Health plan leaders, we want to hear…

2 insurance mergers called off | 2-midnight rule: Hospitals, payers weigh in | 26 payers among nation's best employers | Humana sued over MA 340B payments | 12 UnitedHealth updates

February 14, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. The two-midnight rule and Medicare Advantage: 7 updates Full story 2. BCBS Louisiana, Elevance sale on hold again Full story 3. SCAN, CareOregon call off merger Full story 4. Intellectual disability, including ASD and…

Elevance cuts jobs in Mich. | Former CMS admin: 'I would like to see MA slowed or stopped' | BCBS plans ranked by Q3 profit margin | Kaiser membership declines | Cigna partners with HelloFresh

February 13, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Elevance to lay off 90 in Michigan Full story 2. Former CMS administrator: 'I would like to see Medicare Advantage slowed or stopped' Full story 3. BCBS plans ranked by profit margin in Q3…

Best insurers for employee investment | 6 viewpoints on rising MA costs | Payers ranked by revenue, MLRs in '23 | CMS issues AI guidance for MA | 5 Optum updates

February 12, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 6 insurers, 6 opinions on rising Medicare Advantage costs Full story 2. How payers stack up on investing in employees Full story 3. Optum in the headlines: 5 updates Full story 4. MA plans…

Most profitable payers in '23 | Why Optum, SSM cut ties | Payers sweat proposed MA rates | 3 BCBS plans becoming providers | Health systems shouldn't be insurers: Penn CEO

February 9, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Big payers ranked by 2023 profit Full story Editor's note: this article was originally scheduled for the Feb. 8 edition of this newsletter 2. Payer execs sweat proposed Medicare Advantage rates Full…

Most profitable payers in '23 | Insurers in '2 camps' on rising MA costs | UnitedHealth COO to depart | Calif. payer drops 4 Prime hospitals | HCSC faces uphill Medicare battle

February 8, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CVS Health cuts earnings guidance amid rising Medicare Advantage costs Full story 2. Insurers split in '2 camps' on rising Medicare Advantage costs Full story 3. UnitedHealth Group's president and COO to retire Full…

CVS faces rising MA costs | Amazon cuts healthcare jobs | 5 Ozempic updates | What's behind Fla.'s health insurance crisis? | 9 MA updates

February 7, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CVS Health cuts earnings guidance amid rising Medicare Advantage costs Full story 2. Amazon cuts jobs in healthcare divisions Full story 3. What's behind Florida's health insurance crisis? Full story 4. MA plans are…

Centene posts 88% ACA growth | Humana leaving HQ | 1 payer's strategy as hospitals side eye MA | J&J accused of health plan mismanagement | Cano files for bankruptcy

February 6, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Centene records 88% marketplace enrollment growth in 2023 Full story 2. Humana to close its Louisville headquarters Full story 3. Inside 1 payer's strategy as hospitals become 'more discerning' about Medicare Advantage Full story…

Medica cuts jobs; employee arrested | Cigna CEO: Medicare still attractive | Dignity, BCBS Ariz. split | Healthcare job growth at 32-yr. high | Optum didn't build hospitals – it hired their staff

February 5, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Campus evacuated, employee arrested during Medica layoffs Full story 2. Cigna CEO: Medicare still an attractive market Full story 3. Optum didn't build hospitals — it hired their employees Full story 4. MA plans are…

5 payers cutting jobs | Optum, Allina partner | Cigna posts $1B Q4 profit | Rising MA use could boost hospital margins | La. physicians oppose Elevance-BCBS deal

February 2, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Cigna posts $1B profit in Q4 Full story 2. Optum to hire 2,000 Allina employees, inks RCM partnership Full story 3. 5 payers cutting jobs Full story 4. Star ratings can make or break growth.…