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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. 

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. 

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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.

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