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UnitedHealth Group's philanthropic arm is putting $3 million toward a new partnership to address health inequity with Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota. 

From two insurers dropping legal challenges over Medi-Cal contract awards to Cigna suing over an executive's departure to a competitor, here are five lawsuits and settlements involving payers Becker's has reported since Jan. 4. 

UCare is awarding grants to healthcare organizations across Minnesota to help them prepare for the impact of upcoming Medicaid redeterminations.

Diabetic patients that were forced to enroll in a high-deductible health plan by their employer faced a higher risk of acute diabetes complications compared to those enrolled in traditional health plans, according to a study published Jan. 20 in JAMA…

It's now been over six months since consumers gained access to healthcare pricing information through their health plans — but some experts say the published data is largely unusable or doesn't steer patients in the right direction for care.

Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health has joined as an owner of Peak Health, a health plan launched by Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine. 

Payers are implementing new programs to curb spending on prescription drugs, particularly specialty drugs. These medicines, prescribed to a small number of patients, accounted for half of prescription drugs costs in 2021, per HHS.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health Plan has been fined $125,000 for wrongly rejecting health insurance claims, PennLive reported Jan. 27. 

Cigna is suing former executive Amy Bricker and CVS, alleging her departure to the rival violated a noncompete agreement, according to a federal lawsuit filed Jan. 26. 

As many as 42 states could introduce bills this year to limit or change prior authorization, Miranda Motter, AHIP's vice president of state affairs, told Axios Jan. 27.