Low-income Virginia residents who enrolled in the state's expanded Medicaid program reported reduced financial stress one year after enrollment, according to a study published July 20 in Health Affairs.
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Long Beach, Calif.-based SCAN Group, the parent company of Medicare Advantage provider SCAN Health Plan, has invested in SafeRide Health, a non-emergency medical transport company that builds custom transportation programs for older individuals.
Medicaid provider CalOptima hopes to launch Orange County's first public health plan option on the state's insurance marketplace, Covered California.
Elevance Health subsidiary myNEXUS, a home-based nursing management company, will expand its Indiana post-acute care program for Medicare members nationwide over the next six to 12 months, the company said July 20 during its second quarter earnings call.
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…
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.