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State Medicaid departments had been waiting for more than a year for certainty of when the unwinding of Medicaid's continuous coverage provision would begin, according to Kate McEvoy, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. 

A bipartisan group of senators are once again pushing for new regulations around the pharmacy benefit manager industry.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has expanded access to behavioral health services with three providers in the state.

Payers are investing in social determinants of health and health equity for members and communities.

Cigna and Elevance Health are among the top companies for protecting consumer data, according to Just Capital's ranking of the "most just" companies. 

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.