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From its president and COO announcing his retirement plans to an upheld win in a facility fee case, here are 12 updates on UnitedHealth Group that Becker's has reported since Jan. 18: 

Cigna will offer discounted access to meal kit service HelloFresh to employers. 

Facing rising interest rates and regulatory scrutiny, private equity investments in the Medicare Advantage space are slowing down, according to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. 

The FTC has obtained a $195 million judgment in a Florida federal court against Simple Health Plans and its CEO Steven Dorfman for selling and enrolling members in "sham" health plans that "effectively left consumers uninsured and exposed to limitless…

From Georgia suing the Biden administration to extend the state's partially expanded program to a Florida group launching a ballot initiative, here are four state Medicaid expansion updates Becker's has reported since Feb. 2: 

Kaiser Permanente reported a decline in health plan membership, driven by slowed job growth. 

Challenges in the Medicare Advantage market may force insurers to cut back on extra benefits like vision and dental in 2025, The Wall Street Journal columnist David Wainer wrote Feb. 11. 

Elevance Health had the largest profit margin in the third quarter of 2023 among the leading Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, according to a February analysis by Mark Farrah Associates.

Every major insurer has reported that Medicare Advantage costs are going up. 

New guardrails for Medicare Advantage plans' use of AI may not be clear enough, experts told members of the Senate Finance Committee.