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CMS pitches MA cuts | Optum shutters behavioral clinics | Cigna's new path for M&A | The most 'overrated' CEOs | 6 most admired payers: Fortune

February 1, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CMS proposes Medicare Advantage rate cut Full story 2. Cigna's Medicare sale 'clears path' for M&A Full story 3. Optum shutters eating disorder clinics Full story 4. Health systems are falling short on revenue…

Cigna, HCSC ink $3.3B Medicare deal | Walgreens cuts more corporate jobs | States ranked by ACA growth in '24 | 61 senators to CMS: Don't change MA | 30 recent payer exec moves

January 31, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B Full story 2. States ranked by ACA enrollment growth in 2024 Full story 3. Walgreens to lay off more corporate staff Full story 4. What…

Calif. insurers increase office security | Sachin Jain: 5 ways to improve MA | Best payers for workplace diversity | Remote workers laid off more, analysis finds | Lawmakers urge MA overpayment action

January 30, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield of California up office security amid crime concerns Full story 2. Dr. Sachin Jain: 5 fixes for Medicare Advantage Full story 3. Layoffs hit remote workers harder, analysis finds Full…

Has MA lost its luster? | A flurry of prior auth reform bills | Medical Mutual to buy Ohio insurer | The hottest new role in corporate America | NC state plan drops weight loss drugs

January 29, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Has Medicare Advantage lost its luster? Full story 2. Flurry of prior authorization reform bills introduced at state level Full story 3. Medical Mutual to buy ProMedica's insurance business Full story 4. MA plans are…

CMS wants MA transparency | BCBS NC can challenge Aetna's state contract win | NJ reforms prior auth | HDHP growth stalls | Amazon CEO: Healthcare is 'just kind of nutty'

January 26, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CMS looks to tackle Medicare Advantage's 'black box' Full story 2. BCBS North Carolina's challenge for $17.5B state contract can continue, judge rules Full story 3. New Jersey signs prior authorization reform bill into…

Humana posts $541M Q4 loss | Tyson drops CVS Caremark | UnitedHealth launches vendor network | Price transparency company raises $30M | Inside Amazon's healthcare vision

January 25, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Unprecedented Medicare Advantage costs drive steep Q4 loss for Humana Full story 2. UnitedHealthcare launches new vendor hub for employers Full story 3. Tyson replaces CVS with PBM Rightway for most employees Full story 4. Providers…

Elevance posts Q4 earnings, projects flat MA growth | Healthcare CEO pay returns to the Hill | 4 prior auth updates | Optum launches telehealth service | 10 recent billing fraud cases

January 24, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Elevance projects flat Medicare Advantage membership in 2024, posts Q4 earnings Full story 2. 4 prior authorization updates Full story 3. New bill takes aim at worker-CEO pay gaps Full story 4. MA plans…

Where MA enrollment declined for '24 | 6 Optum updates | BCBS plans cover sickle cell therapy | The fastest-growing C-suite job | 50 top hospitals: Healthgrades

January 23, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 10 payers that lost Medicare Advantage members for 2024 Full story 2. Some BCBS plans cover new sickle cell gene therapies Full story 3. Optum in the headlines: 6 updates Full story 4. MA…

Payers ranked by MA enrollment in '24 | UnitedHealth's AI strategy: 3 notes | Medicaid disenrollments top 15M | Centene taps Medicare CEO | 21 payer growth strategies for '24

January 22, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 21 payers' growth strategies for 2024 Full story 2. Payers ranked by Medicare Advantage enrollment in 2024 Full story 3. UnitedHealth's AI strategy: 3 things to know Full story 4. MA plans are reaching…

Inside UnitedHealth's fastest growing health plan | 5 ICHRA updates | What's going wrong with Medicaid unwinding | Ozempic gets pricier | 5 MA study findings

January 19, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. How UnitedHealthcare is using price transparency within its fastest growing health plan Full story 2. 'ICHRA's time has come': 5 market updates Full story 3. What's going wrong with Medicaid redeterminations Full story 4.…