Nine providers — including Christus Health and Northwestern Medicine — recently posted job listings seeking leaders in payer contracting and relations.
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said it would cover most of the cost of a Virginia music teacher's spine surgery and treatment following an Instagram post from actor Alec Baldwin, the Augusta Free Press reported July 6.
Nearly 6 out of 10 in-network providers listed in Oregon's Medicaid provider directories are not currently seeing patients for mental healthcare needs, according to a new study from Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed legislation July 1 that expands the state's Medicaid dental program through the use of legal settlement funds from Centene.
With the 2023 individual and small group health insurance premium rate filing process currently underway, factors that will drive changes in premiums include uncertainty around the pandemic landscape and inaction over federal coverage policies, according to a June 22 report…
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From the completed sale of its international insurance businesses in six Asia Pacific markets, to plans to renovate a data center in Connecticut, here are eight headlines about Cigna since June 10.
About 700,000 children have gained health coverage since 2019 due to federal pandemic policies, but that trend could reverse without legislative action, according to a new study from the Urban Institute.
Payers are working to expand their Medicare Advantage markets despite increased federal scrutiny, Forbes reported July 4.
The CMS transparency in coverage rule took effect July 1, requiring payers nationwide to publish the cost of nearly every healthcare service they've negotiated with providers. But it will take time before any of that data is useful to patients,…
Following the Supreme Court's June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, payers across the nation issued responses that ranged from total denouncement of the decision to commitments to support employee and member access to abortion services through new "travel…