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UnitedHealth sued over MA denials | Froedtert buys Ascension's health plan stake | Cigna follows Cuban's drug pricing lead | 5 states consider weight loss drug coverage | 10 MA updates

November 15, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. UnitedHealth faces lawsuit over AI, Medicare Advantage care denials Full story 2. 5 states considering adding weight loss drug coverage under Medicaid Full story 3. Froedtert purchases Ascension's stake in health plan Full story…

Feds ramp up MA scrutiny | AMA urges insurers to cover weight loss drugs | Inside Select Health's Cost Plus partnership | UnitedHealth gives aid to Israel, Gaza | 8 Cigna exec departures this year

November 14, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. 'Audits are increasing': Feds ramp up Medicare Advantage scrutiny Full story 2. Intermountain's health plan aims to end PBM 'games' through Cuban partnership Full story 3. AMA calls on insurers to cover weight loss…

BCBS sued over alleged data leak to TikTok | CMS pitches MA audit appeal changes | NY payer cutting 68 jobs | Mayo to limit employee weight loss drug coverage | UnitedHealth's provider network size by state

November 13, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. BCBS Association sued over alleged disclosure of federal employee data to TikTok Full story 2. CMS proposes new Medicare Advantage audit appeals process Full story 3. New York payer laying off 68 employees Full…

15 payers cutting jobs | CMS imposes hiring freeze | Ex-Optum employee fined $13M for fraud | MA beats Medicare in hospital readmissions: Report | Epic expands payer reach

November 10, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. 15 payers cutting jobs Full story 2. Former Optum employee to pay $13M for role in fraud scheme Full story 3. CMS imposes hiring freeze Full story 4. Learn how Group Health carriers are…

14 payers exiting MA | Optum closes clinics | 23 execs' top priorities for '24 | FDA approves Eli Lilly's weight loss drug | What sold CVS on Oak Street

November 9, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. 14 insurers exiting Medicare Advantage in 2024 Full story 2. 7 Optum-owned clinics shuttered in Florida, Minnesota Full story 3. 23 payer executives' top priorities for 2024 Full story 4. Prisma Health + BCBS…

CMS pitches equitable MA prior auth | Elevance settles exec noncompete case | Neb. fines Bright $1M | Where Cigna sees opportunity in GLP-1s | Amazon adds healthcare to Prime

November 8, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. CMS proposes health equity mandates for Medicare Advantage prior authorizations Full story 2. Elevance settles noncompete case with former exec who left for Molina Full story 3. 'Flagrant disregard of the law': Nebraska revokes…

Cigna eyes MA exit | CMS proposes MA marketing, broker reform | Payers ranked by Q3 MLRs | BCBS Mass. cutting prior auths | Envision snags former UnitedHealth CEO

November 7, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. CMS proposes more crackdowns on Medicare Advantage marketing, broker payments Full story 2. Why Orlando Health became Walmart's 1st hospital partner Full story 3. Cigna reportedly considering selling Medicare Advantage business Full story 4.…

Payers ranked by Q3 enrollment | Prisma-UnitedHealth contract fight continues | Kaiser posts $239M Q3 profit | Optum leaving 54-acre campus | Allstate selling health benefits business

November 6, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. Prisma Health still wants a restraining order against UnitedHealthcare Full story 2. Payers ranked by total enrollment in Q3 Full story 3. Kaiser posts $239M net income, grows to 40 hospitals in Q3 Full…

Payers' revenues, profits in Q3 | More CVS job cuts | CMS drops 4 final payment rules | VP Harris spotlights payers' AI use | UnitedHealth's total membership by state

November 3, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. Payers ranked by Q3 revenue, profit Full story 2. CVS announces 2nd wave of layoffs Full story 3. CMS drops 4 final payment rules for 2024: 19 takeaways Full story 4. Learn how…

Centene, Walmart partner | UnitedHealth sued over layoffs | Cigna posts $1.4B Q3 profit | Will hospitals regret their MA divorce? | Aetna expands ACA plans

November 2, 2023 BHR Newsletter 1. Centene partners with Walmart Full story 2. Cigna posts $1.4B profit in Q3 Full story 3. UnitedHealth violated labor laws during layoffs, former employees allege in lawsuit Full story 4. A better member…