Payer

Walmart is expanding access to doula services for employees on a company medical plan in Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois.

An audit has found that payers operating in Oregon are not following a state law that requires coverage of reproductive health services, according to the Oregon Capital Chronicle.

Here are some of the ways Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Florida Blue get information to their non-English-speaking members:

The man referred to as the father of the HMO, Paul Ellwood Jr., MD, has died at 95, the New York Times reported June 22. 

Here are 10 recent legal actions involving payers:

California state officials ordered Golden State Medicare Health Plan to break all existing contracts with clients by June 1, with Medicare coverage ending August 1, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said "time is of the essence" for Congress to extend ACA subsidies, MarketWatch reported June 22.

The Association for Community Affiliated Plans, a trade group of 74 nonprofit health plans representing over 20 million members, is urging federal lawmakers to increase support for addressing social determinants of health through proposed health equity policies.

First announced in 2016, the joint-venture health plan between Banner Health in Phoenix and Aetna has hit several milestones: five years of operations and more than 375,000 enrollees.

Optum has launched a comprehensive laboratory benefit management solution aimed at helping payers reduce unnecessary lab testing and ensuring that members can receive high-quality tests most appropriate for them.