HHS urged nine states to do more to keep eligible children enrolled in Medicaid, and more states are considering Medicaid work requirements.
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In 2023, Humana announced plans to end its commercial insurance business, named its next CEO and saw a planned merger with Cigna fall through.
From the continued slow start of Georgia's program to the Kansas governor's "middle of the road" proposal, here are four state Medicaid work requirement updates Becker's has reported on since Dec. 19:
Elevance Health named new leadership, planned acquisitions and settled lawsuits in 2023.
From expanding its Medicare Advantage offerings to cutting 20% of prior authorization requirements, these are the 10 most read stories about UnitedHealth Group published by Becker's in 2023:
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2023 was an eventful year for Medicare Advantage.
In 2023, Aetna, like many other payers, laid off employees. The insurer also snagged a big contract in North Carolina, and had another multibillion dollar contract blocked in New York City.
Several payers, including UnitedHealthcare and Cigna, announced prior authorization cuts in 2023. Here is more on that and other prior authorization updates Becker's reported this year:
During an interactive session at Becker's Payer Issues Roundtable, leaders from WNS — Asheesh Tiwari, Corporate Vice President, Markets & Growth for Healthcare and Life sciences and Anand Jha, Corporate Vice President, Digital Transformation, Healthcare and Life Sciences and supported…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has tried unsuccessfully for years to expand Medicaid in the state and now has a new "middle of the road" plan that includes work requirements, NPR affiliate KCUR reported Dec. 18.