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AHIP is backing HHS in a lawsuit over surprise billing arbitration from Texas providers, who have support from the largest associations of providers. 

Around 4 in 10 Medicare Advantage enrollees receive transportation benefits, according to an analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation. 

Payers are adding new mental health services for members and investing in future technologies for mental healthcare. Here are six mental health moves Becker's has reported since Oct. 5. 

Elevance Health recently declared itself the largest commercial insurer in the U.S, acquired a specialty pharmacy and named a new member to the company's board. 

CenterWell, Humana's primary care organization, will open clinics in Indiana, Mississippi and Virginia in 2023. 

Provider payment is increasingly moving toward value-based reimbursement, for both public and private payers. Yet some providers remain leery about how it works, what it means for their organizations and what various options are.

UnitedHealthcare is expanding its partnership with fitness club brand Life Time, offering access to Life Time's 160 clubs to millions of Medicare Advantage members. 

The American Medical Association is calling for the federal government to create a federal database of physicians participating in Medicare Advantage plans. 

UnitedHealthcare will administer AARP's Hearing Solutions, which provides affordable hearing aids to members of the association. 

South Dakota voters recently passed Medicaid expansion with about 56 percent of the vote, encouraging advocates in Florida that the same path to expansion may be viable in the Sunshine State, the Tampa Bay Times reported Nov. 15.