BCBS plans see massive losses and employers are confronting rising healthcare costs head on

April 29, 2026

1. Health Care Service Corp. posts $1.9B loss in 2025 Full story

2. Humana posts $1.2B Q1 profit amid star ratings headwinds Full story

3. Behavioral health errors nearing 50% expose payer risk. What oversight must change now here.

4. Employers are done being quiet about healthcare costs Full story

5. The highest-paid Clover execs in 2025 Full story

 

6. Closing care gaps with transportation — see how payer leaders are improving rural access here.

7. BCBS Arizona posts $335M loss in 2025 Full story

8. HCA Midwest hospitals to go out of network for Cigna commercial members May 1 Full story

9. Oregon declares health share company an unlicensed insurer, orders it to cease operations Full story

10. 3 barriers to GLP-1 adherence — and how systems are overcoming them Full story

11. Medicaid, ACA changes to widen health disparities: 5 report findings Full story

 

12. Regulatory pressure is exposing chart chase gaps. How payers are adapting with real-time data here.

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13. When AI guides your members before a clinician does, what's the risk? See here.

14. Most payer-provider partnerships stall at execution. See how Highmark is scaling results here.

15. Why prior authorization breaks down — and what real-time AI is doing about it here.

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