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A federal policy change has allowed Nevada reinstate Medicaid coverage to 114,000 residents who lost coverage because they did not return their renewal documentation. 

UnitedHealth Group will move from its headquarters building in Minnetonka, Minn., to Optum's campus in Eden Prairie, Minn., in 2024, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported Sept. 18. 

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named the best commercial health plans of 2023 based on factors that include care quality, patient satisfaction and efforts to keep improving.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance awarded 24 Medicare Advantage contracts 4.5 star ratings for 2023. 

Thirteen Medicaid plans in seven states received 4.5 star ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. 

A program designed to support socially-isolated Medicare Advantage members helped improve feelings of loneliness and depression, according to a report from the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute. 

New Mexico had the highest share of publicly insured residents in 2022, with over half of the state's residents receiving insurance through Medicaid, Medicare and other public programs, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau published Sept. 14. 

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named the best Medicare Advantage plans of 2023 based on factors that include care quality, patient satisfaction and efforts to keep improving.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named the best-rated health plans of 2023 based on factors that include care quality, patient satisfaction and efforts to keep improving.

Centene CEO Sarah London said over the long term, the individual marketplace is going to be the dominant way that consumers shop for health insurance.