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President Joe Biden announced a plan to expand Medicaid and ACA coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients.

The Humana Foundation is investing $1 million to boost mental health resources in Louisville, Ky., following a shooting that killed five people at a bank in the city and another shooting outside a community college that killed one person. Both…

From international ventures to BCBS plan purchases, these are eight payer market expansions reported by Becker's since Jan. 1:

EHR technologies need to include electronic prior authorization to be certified by HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, AHIP says. 

Medicare Advantage is growing in popularity — almost half of Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in the program in 2022. 

Medicaid outreach flexibilities that have been granted during the redetermination process should be made permanent, said Shannon McMahon, Kaiser Permanente's executive director of Medicaid policy.   

Peak Health Alliance will begin offering health insurance again in 2024 through Denver Health Medical Plan. 

The Justice Department will seek an injunction to halt a Texas federal judge's ruling that struck down an ACA provision requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for preventive services, CNN reported April 11. 

Investors are warming up to payers after Medicare Advantage worries drove a slow start to the year, The Wall Street Journal reported April 11. 

These are eight recent policy changes made by CMS that have been reported by Becker's since March :