Seventeen payers have been recognized for their initiatives around disability inclusion and equality for their employees in the 2022 Disability Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey created by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Tampa, Fla.-based Health Insurance Innovations and its former CEO Gavin Southwell for allegedly hiding customer complaints from its investors.
As healthcare utilization returns to pre-pandemic levels, payers are increasing rates by an average of 10 percent next year across the country, according to MarketWatch.
Elevance Health, formerly Anthem, saw its net income decrease 8.4 percent year over year, but the company exceeded expectations with its adjusted earnings, according to its second-quarter earnings report filed July 20.
Dana Erickson has been president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota since October 2021. She sat down with Becker's to discuss the latest trends across the health insurance industry and what her company is doing to…
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HHS is awarding $49 million to outreach organizations through the Connecting Kids to Coverage program in an effort to boost children's health insurance enrollment in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
California is set to become the first state in the nation to offer Medicaid to any eligible resident, and several states have taken actions to allow any child to enroll in the program, regardless of citizenship status.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation June 30 that codified a controversial state Medicaid contract with Kaiser Permanente, though some details are still unknown.
After positive pilot results, Florida Blue said it plans to expand its opioid management program.
Weaknesses in the state's post-payment review process allowed for $292 million in overpaid Medicaid claims to go unrecovered, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.