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Twenty-six state attorneys general are asking Medicare to cover monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer's disease. 

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation May 2 that establishes a state-managed ACA exchange, pending approval from CMS.

A Montana judge is temporarily halting a rule that would require prior authorizations for Medicaid-paid abortions, the Daily Montanan reported May 1. 

Arbitrators sided with physician services company Envision Healthcare in its dispute with UnitedHealthcare over allegations the payer breached their contract by reducing reimbursement rates. 

Bright Health is moving to sell the last of its Medicare Advantage business, and new enrollments are boosting payers' first-quarter earnings. 

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Medicare Advantage enrollment has surpassed traditional Medicare for the first time in the program's history.

Clover Health CFO Scott Leffler was paid $13.5 million in total compensation in 2022, according to regulatory filings published April 26. 

Oscar Health interim CFO Siddhartha Sankaran was the company's highest-paid employee in 2022, according to regulatory filings published April 27. 

From releasing its first quarter earnings to its Optum arm purchasing a multispecialty physician group, here are 12 UnitedHealth updates Becker's has reported since April 10: