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Layoffs at Blue Shield Calif. | Optum eyes Ore. clinics | MA startup closes $175M funding round | McKinsey to pay $78M for health plan settlement | 5 recent payer lawsuits

January 3, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Blue Shield of California to lay off 165 Full story 2. Optum seeking to acquire Oregon clinic chain Full story 3. McKinsey to pay $78M to health plans in opioid settlement Full story 4.…

UnitedHealthcare, Prisma Health split | New price transparency rules take effect | The 2-midnight rule and MA: 6 notes | Where UnitedHealth has largest MA market share | 11 billing fraud cases

January 2, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealthcare, Prisma Health split Full story 2. New payer price transparency rules take effect in 2024 Full story 3. The 2-midnight rule and Medicare Advantage: 6 things to know Full story 4. 11 years —…

UnitedHealth to sell Brazil unit | Top 10 payer stories of '23 | 'Wellness chatbots' join benefits plans | The top Googled health questions | 250 payer exec moves this year

December 29, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. Top 10 health insurance stories of 2023 Full story 2. UnitedHealth selling Brazil insurance, hospital business to private investor Full story 3. 'Wellness chatbots' join employee benefit plans Full story 4. Providence Health Plan…

Senators decry MA long-term care denials | Inside Elevance's 'food as medicine' strategy | 15 payers that cut jobs in '23 | 15 top execs that left UnitedHealth this year | BCBS Mont. names president

December 28, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. How Elevance Health plans to integrate 'food as medicine' across its lines of business Full story 2. Senators concerned Medicare Advantage plans deny long-term care Full story 3. 15 payers that cut jobs this…

UnitedHealth offered $610M for Brazil unit | 9 execs that left Cigna this year | BCBS Ill., Springfield Clinic end 2-year dispute | Optum's behavioral strategy: 3 notes | 10 key MA updates in '23

December 27, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth gets $610M bid for Brazil business: Report Full story 2. BCBS Illinois, Springfield Clinic end 2-year dispute Full story 3. 9 top execs that left Cigna this year Full story 4. More efficient…

UnitedHealth's '23 in 10 headlines | FTC merger enforcement hits high | HHS among top agencies using AI | Workers want 'quiet management' | 10 prior auth updates

December 22, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth's 2023 in 10 headlines Full story 2. FTC merger enforcement hits highest level in 20 years Full story 3. 10 prior authorization updates to know in 2023 Full story 4. Workplace violence is…

5 key MA changes in '24 | Kaiser cuts 79 admin jobs | What BCBS CEOs told Becker's this year | More systems limit weight loss drug coverage | 10 MA updates

December 21, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. 5 Medicare Advantage changes coming in 2024 Full story 2. Kaiser to lay off 79 administrative employees Full story 3. What 8 BCBS CEOs told Becker's in 2023 Full story 4. More efficient underwriting…

Payers hire malpractice-prone physicians: Report | HHS rebukes states for high child Medicaid losses | Feds want Humana's MA suit tossed | The $1B firm sidestepping insurers for surgeries | 12 UnitedHealth updates

December 20, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. Payers are hiring physicians with histories of malpractice: Report Full story 2. HHS scolds 9 states with highest childhood Medicaid disenrollment rates Full story 3. State health plans decry weight loss drug costs for…

Hospitals seek MA star ratings changes | CareFirst sues J&J over biosimilars | Steward faces false claims suit | Feds update merger guidelines | Healthcare's most stressful jobs

December 19, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. Hospitals to CMS: Add prior authorization appeal rates to MA star ratings Full story 2. CareFirst BCBS sues J&J over alleged anticompetitive biosimilar tactics Full story 3. Steward faces false claims suit Full story…

Elevance, HCSC eye Cigna's MA business | Kraft drops Aetna suit | Molina cuts purchase price for Bright's MA business | Cuban inks PBM partnership | 3 key Medicare changes in '24

December 18, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. Reports: Elevance, HCSC competing for Cigna's Medicare Advantage business Full story 2. Kraft Heinz drops claims data lawsuit against Aetna Full story 3. Molina cuts purchase price for Bright Health's Medicare Advantage business Full story…