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…
Payer Issues
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…
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.…
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+…
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…
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…
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…
July 11, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Payers confronted by COVID vaccine lawsuits Full story 2. The 'old-fashioned' weight loss method being embraced by insurers Full story 3. Sanford, Security Health Plans eye merger Full story 4. Becker's is gathering 500+…
July 10, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth Group, officials sued over Justice Department probe Full story 2. Florida system's primary care physicians splitting with BCBS Medicare Advantage Full story 3. Change Healthcare preps to notify patients with breached data, states…
July 9, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Insurers brought in $50B through 'questionable' Medicare Advantage coding: WSJ Full story 2. Court sides with Aetna over BCBS for North Carolina state health plan Full story 3. 5 payers recently fined by states…
