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…
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After a few years of significant disruption in healthcare delivery, it’s time to think beyond crisis mode and build on what we’ve learned. We must continue to deliver the full continuum of high-quality care across physical and virtual locations — and…
A California Senate bill aims to cut prior authorization red tape by allowing physicians to spend less time on paperwork and billing.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to every major payer in the state June 28 to urge them to provide coverage of reproductive healthcare as much as possible.
For every dollar large employers spend on health insurance-related costs, they get back $1.47, a figure that is expected to grow in coming years, according to a new study from Avalere Health.
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From the Supreme Court declining to hear its appeal of a CMS rule meant to recoup Medicare Advantage overpayments from payers, to the FTC seeking more information on its proposed acquisition of LHC Group, here are 10 headlines about UnitedHealth…
The Association for Community Affiliated Plans has launched a new center aimed at offering resources to payers and policymakers that will support initiatives around social determinants of health and reductions in health disparities.
It may feel like the walls are closing in around the pharmacy benefit manager industry. In less than a month's time, bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress to create more regulations around the drug middlemen, and the Federal Trade Commission…
WEA Trust and Health Tradition Health Plan will exit the Wisconsin health insurance market by the end of 2022, citing financial challenges with maintaining the business.
Letters are being sent to 1,430 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Health Advantage members who may be affected by a cyberattack on one of its vendors, NBC affiliate KARK reported June 28.