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Cigna CEO David Cordani was paid $21 million in total compensation in 2022, according to regulatory filings published March 17. 

Beginning this summer, UnitedHealthcare said it plans to eliminate 20 percent of its current prior authorizations and implement a national gold-card program. From medical groups to lawmakers who sponsored Medicare Advantage prior authorization reform legislation, here are five reactions to…

Four in 5 respondents in a Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they are very or somewhat worried that Medicare will not be able to provide the same level of benefits in the future. 

Cigna-HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company received an estimated $6.24 million in Medicare Advantage overpayments in 2016 and 2017, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General audit published March 28. 

The American Medical Association is urging insurers to cover the cost of naloxone, through a prescription or over the counter, at low or no cost. 

Humana will fund three new faculty positions at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia with a $12 million endowment. 

A federal judge in Texas has struck down an ACA provision that requires insurance companies to provide coverage for preventive services such as certain cancer screenings and HIV prevention drugs.

Millions of people will no longer be covered by Medicaid over the next 14 months.

UnitedHealthcare is moving forward with a plan to eliminate 20 percent of its current prior authorizations and implement a national gold-card program. 

Louisiana is planning to spend $195.8 million as it redetermines Medicaid eligibility for the roughly 2 million residents receiving benefits from the program, according to the Louisiana Illuminator.