Payer

Ten providers — including Cone Health and Orlando Health — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.

Independence Blue Cross is launching a network to manage the cost and outcomes of gene-based therapies with Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 

Angle Health, a health insurer that launched in 2021, has raised $58 million in series A funding. 

New enrollments in Florida, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina drove much of the growth in new ACA exchange plan sign-ups for 2023, The New York Times reported Jan. 25. 

California's reversal on its Medicaid managed care contracts has left industry insiders and consumer advocates questioning if the state will stick to its intention to reform Medi-Cal, California Healthline reported Jan. 26. 

Most people who are disenrolled from Medicaid are enrolled in some kind of other health coverage within 12 months, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation published Jan. 25. 

Elevance Health is expanding its business in 2023, predciting 400,000 new members and acquiring BCBS Louisiana. 

CMS said Jan. 25 that a record 16.3 million people enrolled in ACA marketplace coverage during the open enrollment period from Nov. 1, 2022 to Jan. 15, 2023.

Florida had the largest number of ACA exchange plan sign ups for 2023, according to new data from CMS. 

Humana plans to open 10 primary care clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area in 2023, part of a major expansion of the older-adult-focused primary care clinics.