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John Hancock Life & Health Insurance will pay New York customers and their beneficiaries back nearly $21.6 million after a state investigation found the company prematurely terminated 156 long term care policies. 

CMS on Aug. 18 proposed a rule that would require mandatory quality reporting for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia and behavioral telehealth provider Confidant Health are partnering to offer BCBS members access to virtual addiction treatment services.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter Aug. 18 to the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services that requires all payers in the state to lower their already filed 2023 health insurance rates.

Cigna has named Jerome Droesch as CEO of domestic health and health services for all of the company's businesses outside the U.S.

Health insurer Sana is entering Wisconsin's small business market. 

Overall member satisfaction with Medicare Advantage plans has risen steadily over the past few years, but most members say their plan doesn't provide enough coverage for mental and behavioral services, according to J.D. Power's 2022 U.S. Medicare Advantage study published…

U.S. employers' healthcare expenditures are expected to rise by an average of 6.5 percent, or $13,800 per employee, in 2023, financial services firm Aon said Aug. 18.

Healthcare providers in New York want more due process protections when they are audited by the state's Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Spectrum News 1 reported Aug. 18. 

A group of transgender-rights organizations is preparing to file a federal lawsuit seeking to halt Florida's Medicaid regulator from banning coverage of gender-affirming care, Politico reported Aug. 17.