Payer

Payers nationwide are rapidly growing their behavioral health provider networks by actively recruiting, increasing payments and training primary care physicians to care for more behavioral health conditions, according to a new survey from AHIP.

The nation's largest payers have filed their second-quarter earnings reports, revealing which grew their revenues the most year over year.

Illinois is increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates for abortion providers by 20 percent, CBS Chicago reported Aug. 4. 

Aetna is entering the ACA individual insurance marketplace in seven California counties for 2023.  

An estimated 3.7 million people would gain health coverage if the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid eligibility did so in 2023, according to an Aug. 3 report from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

As payers increasingly look to meet their members where they are, digital solutions, platforms and benefits have become a widespread expectation from consumers and employers.

Insurance giant Nationwide is partnering with supplemental insurance providers Brella and AccuRisk Solutions to offer its own supplemental health plan.

Cigna beat Wall Street expectations and pulled in $1.6 billion for shareholders in the second quarter, according to the company's earnings report published Aug. 4.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is collaborating with the mental health startup Headway to increase access to behavioral health services for the 3.5 million people it serves in Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is donating $500,000 toward relief and recovery efforts for people affected by torrential rains and flooding in its home state as well as Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.