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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas is backing Sonara Health, a startup methadone medication management system. 

Cigna CEO David Cordani said the company sees "tremendous opportunities for growth around benefits" in the Middle East after it sold off some of its businesses in the Asia Pacific last year, Bloomberg reported Oct. 5. 

HumanaChoice Medicare Advantage plan received $34.4 million in overpayments from CMS, according to an audit from the HHS Office of the Inspector General. 

Elevance Health is facing a federal lawsuit alleging the payer received more than $100 million in overpayments from CMS after a judge declined to dismiss the suit, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported Oct. 5. 

Cigna commercial customers in New York and New Jersey now have access to DocGo's mobile health services. 

Around 16 percent of Medicare Advantage enrollees switch insurance after one year of enrollment, a new study in the American Journal of Managed Care found. 

Aetna Health of California beat a lab's proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that the payer evaded its obligations to fully cover COVID-19 diagnostic testing, but the lab will have another chance to bring claims under federal benefits and racketeering laws, Bloomberg…

Highmark Senior Health Plan received an estimated $6.2 million in overpayments from CMS for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, according to an audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General. 

L.A. Care, a publicly operated health plan in Los Angeles County, will offer a new Medicare Plus plan for dual-eligible beneficiaries, the insurer said Oct. 4. 

Centene shareholders approved changes in the company's bylaws, including ending the terms of all current board members at the 2023 annual meeting, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.