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Top-ranked health insurers for customer experience in 2024: Forrester
Humana provides the best customer experience to its members, according to Forrester's "U.S. Health Insurers Customer Experience Index Rankings" for 2024. -
10 providers seeking payer contracting talent
Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations. -
Health insurance costs climb for small businesses: 5 things to know
The average cost of health insurance for small-business owners is on the rise, according to a report from JPMorganChase. -
10 key Medicare Advantage updates in 2024
The first half of 2024 brought shifting trends for Medicare Advantage. -
Startup payer closes $165M funding round
El Segundo, Calif.-based Sidecar Health, a payer that advertises members paying provider's cash prices, has closed a $165 million Series D financing round, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies. -
1 state to drop Medicare Advantage for retired public employees
Under a new law, Delaware must offer its retired state employees Medicare supplement plans rather than Medicare Advantage plans, Bay to Bay News reported June 26. -
10 key UnitedHealth Group updates from the 1st half of 2024
UnitedHealth Group has spent much of 2024 dealing with the fallout from the Change Healthcare attack. -
How a New York payer has avoided Medicare Advantage tensions with hospitals
As large national Medicare Advantage carriers face financial headwinds and tensions with health systems, one New York payer says business in the market is booming. -
Extending ACA subsidies would cost $355B, CBO finds
Making expanded ACA subsidies permanent would add $335 billion to the national deficit between 2025 and 2034, the Congressional Budget Office estimated. -
BCBS and weight loss drugs: 5 updates
Some Blue Cross Blue Shield companies say weight loss drugs have played a part in recent financial challenges, and one plan has made the decision to roll back benefits. -
CMS to put $500M toward ACA navigators
CMS will put $500 million over the next five years toward navigators designed to help people navigate the ACA exchange, the largest investment in the program to date. -
Supreme Court rejects challenge to $2.7B BCBS settlement
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Home Depot's challenge to a $2.67 billion settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, ending a legal saga over alleged anticompetitive behavior that dates back to 2012. -
Blue Shield of California fires executive over alleged false credentials
Blue Shield of California has fired a top executive for allegedly lying about her medical credentials, a spokesperson for the company told Becker's. -
Fitch: Medicaid pressures likely short-term
Some of the nation's largest health insurers have signaled significant headwinds in recent months within their Medicaid businesses as costs rise and the effect of redeterminations takes hold, but Fitch analysts expect those headwinds to be short-lived. -
The policies states want to keep after Medicaid redeterminations
The majority of state Medicaid directors want to keep some of the temporary flexibilities CMS introduced during the redeterminations process, according to KFF. -
Medicare Advantage in the headlines: 8 recent updates
CMS will recalculate Medicare Advantage plans' 2024 star ratings, which could net some insurers millions more in bonus payments. -
How Lab Benefits Management Helps Patients
Patients are the hidden beneficiaries of lab benefits management. -
US uninsured rate to increase over next decade: CBO
The U.S. uninsured rate is projected to increase to 8.9% by 2034, according to new estimates published by the Congressional Budget Office in June. -
UnitedHealthcare to pay $1M to New York for failing to cover contraceptives
UnitedHealthcare of New York will pay $1 million to settle allegations it failed to cover contraceptives as required by state law. -
10 states where Medicaid redeterminations will continue past June
A total of 40 states will complete the Medicaid redetermination process by June 2024, while a few are expected to continue into the second half of the year and beyond.
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