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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.…

Labor Dept. sues BCBS Minn. | Humana: Higher medical costs will hurt profits | Court upholds UnitedHealth facility fee win | MedPAC: MA overpayments to reach $88B in '24 | Payers, providers weigh in on new prior auth rule

January 18, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Higher medical costs could hurt 2023 earnings, Humana reports Full story 2. Labor Department sues BCBS Minnesota over provider tax on self-funded plans Full story 3. Appeals court upholds UnitedHealth win in facility fee case…

CMS finalizes prior auth rule | Humana plans 'limited' layoffs | Cigna shakes up C-suite | What's driving rising MA costs at UnitedHealth | BCBS NC buys urgent care clinics

January 17, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. CMS finalizes prior authorization, interoperability rule Full story 2. Humana plans 'limited' layoffs Full story 3. Cigna names new insurance CEO amid leadership shuffle Full story 4. Star ratings can make or break growth. See how…

Hospitals aren't breaking up with MA: UnitedHealth | World's 10 largest insurers | The MA landscape in '24: 10 notes | Walmart Health seeking leaders | 11 recent payer exec moves

January 16, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Hospitals aren't breaking up with Medicare Advantage, UnitedHealth says Full story 2. 6 American companies ranked among world's largest insurers Full story 3. The Medicare Advantage landscape in 2024: 10 updates Full story 4.…

UnitedHealth posts $5.5B Q4 profit | Envision names board | CMS' prior auth overhaul timeline unclear | Pa. launches claims appeal website | 4 recently terminated MA contracts

January 11, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 5 payers among the top employers for remote jobs in 2024 Full story 2. Cigna to launch weight loss management program through Evernorth Full story 3. More health systems bill for MyChart Full story 4.…

CVS braces for MA pressure | Why Cigna isn't buying providers | Cuban inks partnership with startup payer | Payer M&A to watch in '24 | 12 UnitedHealth updates

January 10, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Cigna's leaders say there's no need to own primary care providers Full story 2. CVS braces for more Medicare Advantage pressure Full story 3. Mark Cuban's drug co. inks partnership with startup payer Full…